We introduce several sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence of the Milnor vector field for new classes of singularities of map germs. This special vector field is related with the equivalence problem of the Milnor fibrations for real and complex singularities, if they exit.
The paper explores ρ-regularity for real analytic maps and its relation to Milnor fibrations.
problem Understanding the conditions for ρ-regularity in analytic map germs. method Analyzes Thom regular stratifications and Milnor condition (b) for germs of analytic maps.
result Thom regular stratifications and Milnor condition (b) are crucial for ρ-regularity and open book structures. New Milnor's invariant condition for topologically slice links.
problem Conditions for topologically slice links involving Milnor's invariant.
method Different Milnor's invariant condition to handle cases not covered by previous theorem.
result New sufficient conditions for topologically slice links.
We consider a real analytic map F=(f1,...,fk):(Rn,0)→(Rk,0), 2≤k≤n−1, that satisfies Milnor's conditions (a) and (b) introduced by D. Massey. This implies that every real analytic fI=(fi1,...,fil):(Rn,0)→(Rl,0), induced from $F…
Defines Milnor number for foliations and shows its topological invariance.
problem Defining and proving invariance of Milnor number for non-isolated singularities of holomorphic foliations.
method Defining Milnor number as intersection number of sections; proving invariance via C1 topological equivalences. result Milnor number is invariant under C1 topological equivalences. Paper shows how to join Milnor fibers of real analytic functions.
problem Understanding the topology of real analytic singularities.
method Analyzes tubular Milnor fibers and their homotopy equivalence.
result Tubular Milnor fibers of f_1 + f_2 are homotopy equivalent to the join of f_1 and f_2.
New method normalizes Milnor fibrations for real analytic maps.
problem Existence of normalized Milnor fibrations for real analytic maps.
method Introducing a homeomorphism to transform a non-normalized Milnor fibration into a normalized one.
result Normalized map (h−1f)/∣∣h−1f∣∣ defines a smooth locally trivial fibration on the sphere. Proved boundary Dehn twist is exotic for Milnor fibers with specific conditions.
problem Characterizing exotic diffeomorphisms on Milnor fibers.
method Compared family relative Bauer--Furuta invariants of mapping tori.
result Boundary Dehn twist is an exotic diffeomorphism under given conditions.
In this paper we study the Milnor fibrations associated to real analytic map germs ψ:(Rm,0)→(R2,0) with isolated critical point at 0∈Rm. The main result relates the existence of called Strong Milnor fibrations with a transversality condition of a convenient family of analyti…
Real Milnor fibres become contractible after attaching handles, matching classical results.
problem Topology of real isolated hypersurface singularities.
method Proving real Milnor fibres contractible after attaching handles, defining real vanishing cycles.
result Integer homology groups of real Milnor fibres are isomorphic to those of a bouquet of spheres under certain conditions.
Smooth maps bound Betti numbers of zero sets.
problem Bounding Betti numbers of zero sets of smooth maps.
method Generalized Thom-Milnor bound to polynomial maps on nonsingular real algebraic varieties; introduced condition number for families of functions.
result Extended Thom-Milnor bounds to families of functions and semialgebraic sets.
Research on mixed polynomials, extending non-degeneracy concepts to complex variables.
problem Extending non-degeneracy concepts to mixed polynomials in complex variables.
method Generalization of Mondal's partial non-degeneracy to mixed polynomials, introducing new concepts and proving properties.
result Strong partial non-degeneracy implies isolated singularities, and mixed polynomials that are strongly inner non-degenerate satisfy the strong Milnor condition.
Link-homotopy and self Delta-equivalence are equivalence relations on links. It was shown by J. Milnor (resp. the last author) that Milnor invariants determine whether or not a link is link-homotopic (resp. self Delta-equivalent) to a trivial link. We study link-homotopy and self Delta-equivalence on a certain componen…
Simplified Milnor-Schwarz lemma for geometric group theory.
problem Conditions for orbit maps to be quasi-isometries.
method Succinct treatment and applications to non-Archimedean groups.
result Sharpened results on mapping class groups and quasi-isometry classification.
We use topology of configuration spaces to give a characterization of Neuwirth--Stallings pairs (S5,K) with dimK=2. As a consequence, we construct polynomial map germs (R6,0)→(R3,0) with an isolated singularity at the origin such that their Milnor fibers are not diffeomorphic to a…
Let (X,0)⊂(Rn,0) be the germ of a closed subanalytic set and let f and g:(X,0)→(R,0) be two subanalytic functions. Under some conditions, we relate the critical points of g on the real Milnor fibre X∩f−1(δ)∩Bε, 0<∣δ∣≪ε≪1, to the topology of thi…
We encode the variation structure of a quasihomogeneous polynomial with an isolated singularity as introduced by Nemethi in a set of spectral flows of the signature operator on the Milnor bundle by varying global elliptic boundary conditions in a specific way using the quasihomogeneous circle action on the Brieskorn la…
We define a diffeology on the Milnor classifying space of a diffeological group G, constructed in a similar fashion to the topological version using an infinite join. Besides obtaining the expected classification theorem for smooth principal bundles, we prove the existence of a diffeological connection on any princip…
Several proofs of Fáry--Milnor theorem are presented.
problem Fáry--Milnor theorem
method Sketches several proofs
result Proofs of Fáry--Milnor theorem
Study Stein and Milnor fillings of links from surface singularities.
problem Comparing Stein and Milnor fillings of links from surface singularities.
method Analyzing the topology and obstructions of Stein fillings and Milnor fillings.
result Milnor fillings have bounded topology, while Stein fillings can be more varied.
In analogy with the holomorphic case, we compare the topology of Milnor fibrations associated to a meromorphic germ f/g : the local Milnor fibrations given on Milnor tubes over punctured discs around the critical values of f/g, and the Milnor fibration on a sphere.
Combines combinatorial method to extend Milnor invariants to welded links.
problem Extending Milnor invariants to welded links.
method Combinatorial approach.
result Invariance of extended Milnor invariants for welded links.
Given a clover link, we construct a bottom tangle by using a disk/band surface of the clover link. Since the Milnor number is already defined for a bottom tangle, we define the Milnor number for the clover link to be the Milnor number for the bottom tangle and show that for a clover link, if Milnor numbers of length k …
Higher-dimensional Milnor frames are characterized and contrasted with 3D Heisenberg and 4D nilpotent Lie algebras.
problem Characterizing higher-dimensional Milnor frames and their properties.
method Definition and classification of higher-dimensional Milnor frames and their relationship to known Lie algebras.
result Higher-dimensional Milnor frames are isomorphic to direct sums of 3D Heisenberg and 4D nilpotent Lie algebras and an abelian Lie algebra.
We consider Milnor invariants for certain covering links as a generalization of covering linkage invariants formulated by R. Hartley and K. Murasugi. A set of Milnor invariants for covering links is a cobordism invariant of a link, and that this invariant can distinguish some links for which the ordinary Milnor invaria…
Paper solves Dirichlet problem at infinity for Riemannian cones.
problem Solvability of Dirichlet problem at infinity in Riemannian cones.
method Separation of variables and comparison arguments for ODE's.
result Sufficient condition for solvability related to Milnor's classification.
Extends Milnor's invariants to knots and links in 3-manifolds.
problem Detecting higher-order linking phenomena in 3-manifolds.
method Study lower central quotients of link groups in 3-manifolds.
result Unified and generalized Milnor's invariants for 3-manifolds.
We describe Milnor open books and Legendrian surgery diagrams for canonical contact structures of links of some rational surface singularities. We also describe an infinite family of Milnor fillable contact 3-manifolds so that the Milnor genus (resp. Milnor norm) is strictly greater than the support genus (resp. suppor…
We explain how the generalized Milnor-Wood inequality for reductive representations of a cocompact complex-hyperbolic lattice into a Hermitian Lie group translates, under the non-abelian Hodge correspondence, into various kinds of Milnor-Wood inequalities for Higgs bundles. This clarifies the relation between the repre…
Explains Milnor invariants for links and surfaces.
problem Milnor invariants of links and surfaces.
method Expository viewpoint of research.
result Translation and explanation of Milnor invariants.
Study the topology of Milnor boundaries for real analytic map germs.
problem Topology of Milnor boundaries for real analytic map germs.
method Prove Milnor boundaries are double of Milnor tubes and use generalized open-book decompositions.
result Prove Euler characteristic formulae connecting Milnor boundaries and links.
We reconfigure the Milnor invariant of links in terms of central group extensions and unipotent Magnus embeddings. We also develop a diagrammatic computation of the invariant and compute the first non-vanishing invariants of the Milnor link and of several other links. Moreover, we refine the original Milnor invariants …
Extends Milnor's criterion to biharmonic functions.
problem Deciding surface type for biharmonic functions.
method Generalizes Milnor's criterion to biharmonic functions.
result Characterizes whether a surface is hyperbolic or parabolic for biharmonic functions.
The paper finds solutions for specific curvature conditions on 5D Lie groups.
problem Finding metrics with prescribed Ricci curvature on 5D nilpotent Lie groups.
method Applied Milnor-type theorem technique to prove global existence of (g, c).
result Global existence of (g, c) for prescribed Ricci curvature on 5D nilpotent Lie groups.
Extends Milnor's invariants to 3-manifolds, solving an open problem.
problem Extract transfinite Milnor invariants for 3-manifolds.
method Develops a theory of transfinite invariants for 3-manifold groups.
result Realizes nontrivial values of transfinite Milnor invariants.
New combinatorial model for Milnor fibration using oriented matroids.
problem Understanding the homotopy type of Milnor fibers of complexified real arrangements.
method Introducing a poset quasi-fibration based on a subdivision of the Salvetti complex and an oriented matroid.
result Homotopy type of Milnor fiber depends only on the combinatorial structure of the oriented matroid.
Researchers provide counterexamples to Pogorelov and Toponogov's questions about saddle surfaces.
problem Existence of closed asymptotic curves in saddle surfaces with nonpositive curvature.
method Explicit counterexamples and corrected statements of the original questions.
result Proved a corrected version of the original questions.
Paper introduces simplified formulas for Milnor's triple linking number.
problem Computational difficulty in calculating Jones polynomial for topological polymers.
method Developed Gauss diagram formulas for Milnor's Vassiliev invariants.
result Introduced non-torsion valued Milnor's triple linking number.
Milnor fibrations have been studied since 1960's. In this paper, we study singular points of differentiable maps, called Milnor fibration product maps, obtained by several Milnor fibrations. We give a characterization of singular points of such product maps, and for the case of certain weighted homogeneous polynomials,…
We give formulas expressing Milnor invariants of an n-component link L in the 3-sphere in terms of the HOMFLYPT polynomial as follows. If the Milnor invariant \barμ_J(L) vanishes for any sequence J with length at most k, then any Milnor \barμ-invariant \barμ_I(L) with length between 3 and 2k+1 can be represented as a c…
This paper characterizes Milnor invariants using diagrammatic methods.
problem Classifying links and string links based on their Milnor invariants.
method Diagrammatical characterization using welded knot theory and arrow calculus.
result Conditions for equality of Milnor invariants and triviality of certain lengths.
Proves non-solvability of concordance groups using Milnor invariants.
problem Non-solvability of concordance groups of 2-string links and strongly invertible knots.
method Using Milnor invariants to prove non-solvability.
result Proves non-solvability of C(2) and equivariant concordance groups of strongly invertible knots. Study of first homology group of Milnor fiber boundary for generic hyperplane arrangements in C^3.
problem Computing the first homology group of the Milnor fiber boundary for generic hyperplane arrangements.
method Analyzing the Milnor fiber boundary for hyperplane arrangements in C^3.
result Affirmative answer to the conjecture of Suciu and example of arrangements with non-trivial torsion.
Study volume growth in Milnor fibers using real Lagrangians.
problem Volume growth in Milnor fibers of Brieskorn polynomials.
method Investigate real Lagrangians, use Smith inequality for involutions in wrapped Floer homology.
result Uniform lower bound of volume growth for a class of Brieskorn polynomials.
For an n-component link L, the Milnor's isotopy invariant is defined for each multi-index $I=i_1i_2...i_m (i_j\in\n)$. Here m is called the length. Let r(I) denote the maximam number of times that any index appears. It is known that Milnor invariants with r=1 are link-homotopy invariant. N. Habegger and X. S.…
New method determines arrangement combinatorics from Milnor fiber boundary.
problem Determining arrangement combinatorics from Milnor fiber boundary.
method Explicit method using plumbing graph in normal form.
result Milnor fiber boundary determines arrangement combinatorics.
Floer homology linked to Milnor fibers for certain singularities.
problem Understanding Floer homology of singularities using Milnor fibers.
method Combining Floer theory with Milnor fibers, using combinatorial formulas.
result Equality of Casson invariants in Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten theories.
Formula calculates homology groups of Milnor fibres for real hypersurface singularities.
problem Calculating homology groups of Milnor fibres for real hypersurface singularities.
method Established a formula for homology groups of Milnor fibres relative to their boundaries.
result Formula provides a method to compute homology groups of Milnor fibres.