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On some foliations arising in \({\mathcal{D}}\) -module theory

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We describe the properties of some foliations which arise in the study of the characteristic variety of \({\mathcal{D}}\) -modules constructed from vector fields of an affine space.

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I wish to thank Israel Vainsencher and the referee for pointing out a number of important corrections to the original version of this paper. The work on this paper was partially supported by grants from CNPq and Pronex/Faperj.

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Coutinho, S.C. On some foliations arising in \({\mathcal{D}}\) -module theory. Geom Dedicata 164, 27–45 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-012-9757-6

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