scholarly journals Computing Node Polynomials for Plane Curves

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Block
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2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Block

International audience According to the Göttsche conjecture (now a theorem), the degree $N^{d, \delta}$ of the Severi variety of plane curves of degree $d$ with $\delta$ nodes is given by a polynomial in $d$, provided $d$ is large enough. These "node polynomials'' $N_{\delta} (d)$ were determined by Vainsencher and Kleiman―Piene for $\delta \leq 6$ and $\delta \leq 8$, respectively. Building on ideas of Fomin and Mikhalkin, we develop an explicit algorithm for computing all node polynomials, and use it to compute $N_{\delta} (d)$ for $\delta \leq 14$. Furthermore, we improve the threshold of polynomiality and verify Göttsche's conjecture on the optimal threshold up to $\delta \leq 14$. We also determine the first 9 coefficients of $N_{\delta} (d)$, for general $\delta$, settling and extending a 1994 conjecture of Di Francesco and Itzykson. Selon la Conjecture de Göttsche (maintenant un Théorème), le degré $N^{d, \delta}$ de la variété de Severi des courbes planes de degré $d$ avec $\delta$ noeuds est donné par un polynôme en $d$, pour $d$ assez grand. Ces $\textit{polynômes de nœuds}$ $N_{\delta} (d)$ ont été déterminés par Vainsencher et Kleiman―Piene pour $\delta \leq 6$ et $\delta \leq 8$, respectivement. S'appuyant sur les idées de Fomin et Mikhalkin, nous développons un algorithme explicite permettant de calculer tous les polynômes de nœuds, et l'utilisons pour calculer $N_{\delta} (d)$, pour $\delta \leq 14$. De plus, nous améliorons le seuil de polynomialité et vérifions la Conjecture de Göttsche sur le seuil optimal jusqu'à $\delta \leq 14$. Nous déterminons aussi les 9 premiers coéfficients de $N_{\delta} (d)$, pour un $\delta$ quelconque, confirmant et étendant la Conjecture de Di Francesco et Itzykson de 1994.


2020 ◽  
Vol 140 (9) ◽  
pp. 1030-1039
Author(s):  
W.A. Shanaka P. Abeysiriwardhana ◽  
Janaka L. Wijekoon ◽  
Hiroaki Nishi

Author(s):  
Jan Stevens

AbstractWe discuss a problem of Arnold, whether every function is stably equivalent to one which is non-degenerate for its Newton diagram. We argue that the answer is negative. We describe a method to make functions non-degenerate after stabilisation and give examples of singularities where this method does not work. We conjecture that they are in fact stably degenerate, that is not stably equivalent to non-degenerate functions.We review the various non-degeneracy concepts in the literature. For finite characteristic, we conjecture that there are no wild vanishing cycles for non-degenerate singularities. This implies that the simplest example of singularities with finite Milnor number, $$x^p+x^q$$ x p + x q in characteristic p, is not stably equivalent to a non-degenerate function. We argue that irreducible plane curves with an arbitrary number of Puiseux pairs (in characteristic zero) are stably non-degenerate. As the stabilisation involves many variables, it becomes very difficult to determine the Newton diagram in general, but the form of the equations indicates that the defining functions are non-degenerate.


2021 ◽  
Vol 280 (8) ◽  
pp. 108931
Author(s):  
Laiyuan Gao ◽  
Shengliang Pan ◽  
Dong-Ho Tsai

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