Milnor and Tjurina numbers for a hypersurface germ with isolated singularity

Abstract

Assume that $f:(\mathbb{C}^n,0) \to (\mathbb{C},0)$ is an analytic function germ at the origin with only isolated singularity. Let $\mu$ and $\tau$ be the corresponding Milnor and Tjurina numbers. We show that $\dfrac{\mu}{\tau} \leq n$. As an application, we give a lower bound for the Tjurina number in terms of $n$ and the multiplicity of $f$ at the origin.