Whitney equisingularity of families of surfaces in $\mathbb{C}^3$

Abstract

In this work, we study families of singular surfaces in $\mathbb{C}^3$ parametrized by $\mathcal{A}$-finitely determined map germs. We consider the topological triviality and Whitney equisingularity of an unfolding $F$ of a finitely determined map germ $f:(\mathbb{C}^2,0)\rightarrow(\mathbb{C}^3,0)$. We investigate the following conjecture: topological triviality implies Whitney equisingularity of the unfolding $F$? We provide a complete answer to this conjecture, given counterexamples showing how the conjecture can be false.