Deformations of plane curves and Jacobian syzygies

We relate the equianalytic and the equisingular deformations of a reduced complex plane curve to the Jacobian syzygies of its defining equation. Several examples and conjectures involving rational cuspidal curves are discussed.     

Saturation of Jacobian ideals: Some applications to nearly free curves,line arrangements and rational cuspidal plane curves

In this note we describe the minimal resolution of the ideal $I_f$, the saturation of the Jacobian ideal of a nearly free plane curve $C:f=0$. In particular, it follows that this ideal $I_f$ can be generated by at most 4 polynomials. Related general results by Hassanzadeh and Simis on the saturation of codimension 2 ideals are discussed in detail. Some applications to rational cuspidal plane curves and to line arrangements are also given.     

Addition–deletion results for the minimal degree of logarithmic derivations of hyperplane arrangements and maximal Tjurina line arrangements

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics - We study the change of the minimal degree of a logarithmic derivation of a hyperplane arrangement under the addition or the deletion of a hyperplane and give a...