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Vanishing Cycles and Thom's $a_f$ Condition

David B. Massey

Published 2006-05-14, updated 2007-02-11Version 2

We give a complete description of the relationship between the vanishing cycles of a complex of sheaves along a function $f$ and Thom's $a_f$ condition.

Comments: 14 pages, with a revised introduction
Categories: math.AG
Subjects: 32B15, 32C35, 32C18, 32B10
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