Let $f\colon (\mathbb {R}^{3},0)\to (\mathbb {R}^{4},0)$ be an analytic map germ with isolated instability. Its link is a stable map which is obtained by taking the intersection of the image of $f$ with a small enough sphere $S^{3}_\epsilon$ centred at the origin in $\mathbb {R}^{4}$. If $f$ is of fold type, we define a tree, that we call dual tree, that contains all the topological information of the link and we prove that in this case it is a complete topological invariant. As an application we give a procedure to obtain normal forms for any topological class of fold type.

We obtain a new theorem for the non-properness set $S_f$ of a non-singular polynomial mapping $f:\mathbb C^n \to \mathbb C^n$. In particular, our result shows that if f is a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, then $S_f\cap Z \neq \emptyset $, for every hypersurface Z dominated by $\mathbb C^{n-1}$ on which some non-singular polynomial $h: \mathbb C^{n}\to \mathbb C$ is constant. Also, we present topological approaches to the Jacobian conjecture in $\mathbb C^n$. As applications, we extend bidimensional results of Rabier, Lê and Weber to higher dimensions.

We consider the possible disentanglements of holomorphic map germs f: (ℂn, 0) → (ℂN, 0), 0 < n < N, with nonisolated locus of instability Inst (f). The aim is to achieve lower bounds for their (homological) connectivity in terms of dim Inst (f). Our methods apply in the case of corank 1.

The detection of the bifurcation set of polynomial mapping ℝn → ℝp, n ⩾ p, in more than two variables remains an unsolved problem. In this note we provide a solution for n = p + 1 ⩾ 3.

We give an explicit formula for the projective dynamics of planar homogeneous polynomial differential systems in terms of natural local invariants and we establish explicit algebraic connections (syzygies) between these invariants (leading to restrictions on possible global dynamics). We discuss multidimensional generalizations together with applications to the existence of first integrals and bounded solutions.

We present in this paper sufficient conditions for the topological triviality of families of germs of functions defined on an analytic variety V. The main result is an infinitesimal criterion based on a convenient weighted inequality, similar to that introduced by T. Fukui and L. Paunescu in [8]. When V is a weighted homogeneous variety, we obtain as a corollary, the topological triviality of deformations by terms of non negative weights of a weighted homogeneous germ consistent with V. Application of the results to deformations of Newton non-degenerate germs with respect to a given variety is also given.

Let f : N ≡ P be a holomorphic map between n-dimensional complex manifolds which has only fold singularities. Such a map is called a holomorphic fold map. In the complex 2-jet space J2(n,n;C), let Ω10 denote the space consisting of all 2-jets of regular map germs and fold map germs. In this paper we prove that Ω10 is homotopy equivalent to SU(n + 1). By using this result we prove that if the tangent bundles TN and TP are equipped with SU(n)-structures in addition, then a holomorphic fold map f canonically determines the homotopy class of an SU(n + 1)-bundle map of TN ⊕ θN to TP⊕ θP, where θN and θP are the trivial line bundles.