arXiv · 1903.08001
Gauss-Kronecker Curvature and equisingularity at infinity of definable families
Abstract
Assume given a polynomially bounded o-minimal structure expanding the real numbers. Let $(T_s)_{s\in \mathbb{R}}$ be a globally definable one parameter family of $C^2$-hypersurfaces of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Upon defining the notion of generalized critical value for such a family we show that the functions $s \to |K(s)|$ and $s\to K(s)$, respectively the total absolute Gauss-Kronecker and total Gauss-Kronecker curvature of $T_s$, are continuous in any neighbourhood of any value which is not generalized critical. In particular this provides a necessary criterion of equisingularity for the family of the levels of a real polynomial.
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Nicolas Dutertre, Vincent Grandjean. 2019-03-19. Gauss-Kronecker Curvature and equisingularity at infinity of definable families. https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08001
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