We give a closed formula for the Thom polynomials of the singularities in terms of Schur functions. Our computations combine the characterization of the Thom polynomials via the “method of restriction equations” of Rimányi et al. with the techniques of Schur functions.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05E05, 14N10, 57R45. We study the structure of the Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities. We analyze the Schur function expansions of these polynomials. We show that partitions indexing the Schur function expansions of Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities have at most four parts. We simplify the system of equations that determines these polynomials and give a recursive description of Thom polynomials for A4(−) singularities. We also give...
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