Non-compact Newton boundary and Whitney equisingularity for non-isolated singularities

TL;DR

This paper extends Whitney equisingularity results from isolated to non-isolated hypersurface singularities using a new, simpler condition related to the Newton boundary and non-degeneracy.

Contribution

It provides a novel, simplified criterion for Whitney equisingularity in families of hypersurfaces with non-isolated singularities, generalizing previous results.

Findings

Establishes a new criterion for Whitney equisingularity

Generalizes previous results to non-isolated singularities

Simplifies conditions needed for equisingularity

Abstract

In an unpublished lecture note, J. Brian\c{c}on observed that if $\{f_t\}$ is a family of isolated complex hypersurface singularities such that the Newton boundary of $f_t$ is independent of $t$ and $f_t$ is non-degenerate, then the corresponding family of hypersurfaces $\{f_t^{-1}(0)\}$ is Whitney equisingular (and hence topologically equisingular). A first generalization of this assertion to families with non-isolated singularities was given by the second author under a rather technical condition. In the present paper, we give a new generalization under a simpler condition.