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We relate the Bruce-Roberts numbers of a 1-form with respect to an ICIS to other invariants as the GSV-index, Tjurina and Milnor numbers.

We consider $\mathcal{A}$-finite map germs $f$ from $(\mathbb{C}^n,0)$ to $(\mathbb{C}^{2n},0)$. First, we show that the number of double points that appears in a stabilization of $f$, denoted by $d(f)$, can be calculated as the length of the local ring of the double point set $D^2(f)$ of $f$, given by the Mond's ideal. In the case where $n\leq 3$ and $f$ is quasihomogeneous, we also present a formula to calculate $d(f)$ in terms of the weights and degrees of $f$. Finally, we consider an unfolding $F(x,t) = (f_t(x),t)$ of $f$ and we find a set of invariants whose constancy in the family $f_t$ is equivalent to the Whitney equisingularity of $F$. As an application, we present a formula to calculate the Euler obstruction of the image of $f$.

We give formulas for the Bruce-Roberts number $\mu_{BR}(f,X)$ and its relative version $\mu_{BR}^{-}(f,X)$ of a function $f$ with respect to an ICIS $(X,0)$. We show that $\mu_{BR}^{-}(f,X)=\mu(f^{-1}(0)\cap X,0)+\mu(X,0)-\tau(X,0)$, where $\mu$ and $\tau$ are the Milnor and Tjurina numbers, respectively, of the ICIS. The formula for $\mu_{BR}(f,X)$ is more complicated and also involves $\mu(f)$ and some lengths in terms of the ideals $I_X$ and $Jf$. We also consider the logarithmic characteristic variety, $LC(X)$, and its relative version, $LC(X)^{-}$. We show that $LC(X)^{-}$ is Cohen-Macaulay and that $LC(X)$ is Cohen-Macaulay at any point not in $X\times\{0\}$. We generalize previous results presented by the authors when $(X,0)$ has codimension one and by Bruce and Roberts when it is weighted homogeneous of any codimension.

We consider the relative Bruce-Roberts number $\mu_{BR}^{-}(f,X)$ of a function on an isolated hypersurface singularity $(X,0)$. We show that $\mu_{BR}^{-}(f,X)$ is equal to the sum of the Milnor number of the fibre $\mu(f^{-1}(0)\cap X,0)$ plus the difference $\mu(X,0)-\tau(X,0)$ between the Milnor and the Tjurina numbers of $(X,0)$. As an application, we show that the usual Bruce-Roberts number $\mu_{BR}(f,X)$ is equal to $\mu(f)+\mu_{BR}^{-}(f,X)$. We also deduce that the relative logarithmic characteristic variety $LC(X)^-$, obtained from the logarithmic characteristic variety $LC(X)$ by eliminating the component corresponding to the complement of $X$ in the ambient space, is Cohen-Macaulay.

We show that a family of isolated complete intersection singularities (ICIS) with constant total Milnor number has no coalescence of singularities. This extends a well known result of Gabrielov, Lazzeri and L\^e for hypersurfaces. We use A'Campo's theorem to see that the Lefschetz number of the generic monodromy of the ICIS is zero when the ICIS is singular. We give a pair applications for families of functions on ICIS which extend also some known results for functions on a smooth variety.

The paper is devoted to relations between topological and metric properties of germs of real surfaces, obtained by analytic maps from $R^2$ to $R^4$. We show that for a big class of such surfaces the normal embedding property implies the triviality of the knot, presenting the link of the surfaces. We also present some criteria of normal embedding in terms of the polar curves., Comment: 10 pages