Arc spaces of cA-type singularities

Abstract

We study the space of arcs on a singularity of the form xy=f(z_1,..., z_n) and prove 2 main results. (i) The number of irreducible components equals the multiplicity of f minus 1. (ii) If n>1 and the leading homogeneous term of f is not a perfect square then the Nash map from the set of irreducible components to the set of essential divisors is not surjective.

arXiv commentThis paper supersedes arXiv:1207.5036