{ "id": "math/0605369", "version": "v2", "published": "2006-05-14T21:57:01.000Z", "updated": "2007-02-11T20:13:53.000Z", "title": "Vanishing Cycles and Thom's $a_f$ Condition", "authors": [ "David B. Massey" ], "comment": "14 pages, with a revised introduction", "categories": [ "math.AG" ], "abstract": "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.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2007-02-11T20:13:53.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "32B15", "32C35", "32C18", "32B10" ], "keywords": [ "vanishing cycles", "complete description", "relationship" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 14, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2006math......5369M" } } }