Abstract
In this paper we use a knot invariant, namely the Tristram--Levine signature, to study deformations of singular points of plane curves. We bound, in some cases, the difference between the $M$-number of the singularity of the central fiber and the sum of $M$-numbers of the generic fiber.
Citation
Maciej Borodzik. "Deformations of singularities of plane curves: Topological approach." Osaka J. Math. 51 (3) 573 - 585, July 2014.
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