Symmetric bilinear forms and local epsilon factors of isolated singularities in positive characteristic

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contents Let $f\colon X\to\mathbb{A}^1_k$ be a morphism from a smooth variety to an affine line with an isolated singular point. For such a singularity, we have two invariants. One is a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form (de Rham), and the other is the vanishing cycles complex (étale). In this article, we give a formula which expresses the local epsilon factor of the vanishing cycles complex in terms of the bilinear form. In particular, the sign of the local epsilon factor is determined by the discriminant of the bilinear form. This formula can be thought as a refinement of the Milnor formula, which compares the total dimension of the vanishing cycles and the rank of the bilinear form. In characteristic $2$, we find a generalization of the Arf invariant, which can be regarded as an invariant for non-degenerate quadratic singularities, to general isolated singularities.
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spellingShingle Symmetric bilinear forms and local epsilon factors of isolated singularities in positive characteristic
Takeuchi, Daichi
Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
Let $f\colon X\to\mathbb{A}^1_k$ be a morphism from a smooth variety to an affine line with an isolated singular point. For such a singularity, we have two invariants. One is a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form (de Rham), and the other is the vanishing cycles complex (étale). In this article, we give a formula which expresses the local epsilon factor of the vanishing cycles complex in terms of the bilinear form. In particular, the sign of the local epsilon factor is determined by the discriminant of the bilinear form. This formula can be thought as a refinement of the Milnor formula, which compares the total dimension of the vanishing cycles and the rank of the bilinear form. In characteristic $2$, we find a generalization of the Arf invariant, which can be regarded as an invariant for non-degenerate quadratic singularities, to general isolated singularities.
title Symmetric bilinear forms and local epsilon factors of isolated singularities in positive characteristic
topic Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11022