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On the Index of the Gradient of a Real Invertible Polynomial
Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Optimal Control and Dynamical Systems, Tome 321 (2023), pp. 94-107.

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We present a number of observations concerning the so-called invertible polynomials introduced and studied in a series of papers on mathematical physics and singularity theory. Specifically, we consider real versions of invertible polynomials and investigate invariants of the associated isolated hypersurface singularities. By the very definition, such a polynomial is weighted homogeneous and its gradient vector field $\operatorname {grad}f$ has an isolated zero at the origin; hence its index $\operatorname {ind}_0\operatorname {grad}f$ is well defined. This index, referred to as the gradient index of the polynomial, is our main concern. In particular, we give an effective estimate for the absolute value of the gradient index $\operatorname {ind}_0\operatorname {grad}f$ in terms of the weighted homogeneous type of $f$ and investigate its sharpness. For real invertible polynomials in two and three variables, we give the whole set of possible values of the gradient index. As an application, in the case of three variables we give a complete list of possible topological types of Milnor fibres of real invertible polynomials, which generalizes recent results of L. Andersen on the topology of isolated real hypersurface singularities. In conclusion we present a few open problems and conjectures suggested by our results.
Keywords: weighted homogeneous polynomial, isolated hypersurface singularity, gradient vector field, mapping degree, moduli algebra, signature of quadratic form, link of singularity, Euler characteristic.
Mots-clés : invertible polynomial, Milnor fibre 
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G. Giorgadze; G. Khimshiashvili. On the Index of the Gradient of a Real Invertible Polynomial. Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Optimal Control and Dynamical Systems, Tome 321 (2023), pp. 94-107. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TM_2023_321_a5/

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