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We investigate the relationships between the Lipschitz outer geometry and the embedded topological type of a hypersurface germ in ($$ {\mathbb{C}}^n $$, 0). It is well known that the Lipschitz outer geometry of a complex plane curve germ determines and is determined by its embedded topological type.We prove that this does not remain true in higher dimensions. Namely, we give two normal hypersurface germs ($$ {{X}}_1 $$, 0) and ($$ {{X}}_2 $$, 0) in ($$ {\mathbb{C}}^3 $$, 0) having the same outer Lipschitz geometry and different embedded topological types. Our pair consist of two superisolated singularities whose tangent cones form an Alexander-Zariski pair having only cusp-singularities. Our result is based on a description of the Lipschitz outer geometry of a superisolated singularity. We also prove that the Lipschitz inner geometry of a superisolated singularity is completely determined by its (non-embedded) topological type, or equivalently by the combinatorial type of its tangent cone.
Dedicated to José Seade for a great occasion. Happy birthday, Pepe!
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000). 14B05, 32S25, 32S05, 57M99.
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Neumann, W.D., Pichon, A. (2017). Lipschitz Geometry Does not Determine Embedded Topological Type. In: Cisneros-Molina, J., Tráng Lê, D., Oka, M., Snoussi, J. (eds) Singularities in Geometry, Topology, Foliations and Dynamics. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39339-1_11
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