On the topology of a generic fibre of a polynomial function

Citation
E. Artal et al., On the topology of a generic fibre of a polynomial function, COMM ALGEB, 28(4), 2000, pp. 1767-1787
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
COMMUNICATIONS IN ALGEBRA
ISSN journal
00927872 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1767 - 1787
Database
ISI
SICI code
0092-7872(2000)28:4<1767:OTTOAG>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In this work we study the topologies of the fibres of some families of comp lex polynomial functions with isolated critical points. We consider polynom ials with some transversality conditions at infinity and compute explicitly its global Milnor number mu(f), the invariant lambda(f) and therefore the Euler characteristic of its generic fibre. We show that under some mild tra nsversality condition (transversal at infinity) the behavior of f at infini ty is good and the topology of the generic fibre is determined by the two h omogeneous parts of higher degree of f. Finally we study families of polyno mials, called two-term polynomials. This polynomials may have atypical valu es at infinity. Given such a two-term polynomial I we characterize its atyp ical values by some invariants of f. These polynomials are a source of inte resting examples.