Ramification locus, branch locus, regular values #
RS.ramificationLocus F(points withmultiplicity ≥ 2),RS.branchLocus F(their images),RS.IsRegularValue F y(no ramification point in the fiber).- Finiteness (Forster 4.23-adjacent):
RS.isClosed_ramificationLocus,RS.isDiscrete_ramificationLocus,RS.ramificationLocus_finite,RS.branchLocus_finite. - Regular values:
RS.isRegularValue_iff_notMem_branchLocus,RS.multiplicity_eq_one_of_isRegularValue, cofinitenessRS.setOf_isRegularValue_mem_cofinite, densityRS.dense_setOf_isRegularValue, and existenceRS.exists_isRegularValue.
Definitions (minimal instances) #
Points where F is ramified (local multiplicity ≥ 2, CC4's IsRamifiedAt).
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- RS.ramificationLocus F = {x : X | RS.IsRamifiedAt F x}
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Branch values (critical values): images of ramification points.
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y is a regular value iff every point of its fiber is unramified. (For holomorphic
nonconstant F this is equivalent to y ∉ branchLocus F, and then every fiber point has
multiplicity exactly 1.) Values NOT attained are regular (empty fiber) — harmless, since for
nonconstant F every value is attained.
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- RS.IsRegularValue F y = ∀ x ∈ F ⁻¹' {y}, ¬RS.IsRamifiedAt F x
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Pure set algebra: regular values are exactly the non-branch values.
Finiteness (standing surface hypotheses) #
Ramification is isolated: near any point (off the point itself) F is unramified.
Over a regular value every fiber point has multiplicity exactly 1.
Regular values are cofinite.
Regular values are dense (Y is perfect and T1, so finite sets have empty interior).