The existence of valuative interpolation
Shijie Bao, Qi'an Guan, Zhitong Mi, Zheng Yuan
TL;DR
The paper investigates valuative interpolation for germs at the origin by linking valuations with relative types and Tian functions through tame maximal weights. It proves a sharp criterion: a valuation with prescribed values exists iff the relative type satisfies $\sigma(\log|F|,\varphi)=\sum_j a_j$, with $F=\prod f_j$ and $\varphi=\log\sum |f_j|^{1/a_j}$; in the isolated-zero case, a tame weight $\varphi_\nu$ realizing the valuation exists and matches jumping-number data via log canonical thresholds. It extends the framework of valuations to tame, Zhou, and quasimonomial settings, showing that every quasimonomial valuation arises as a relative type with respect to a tame weight and that Boucksom–Favre–Jonsson results carry over to quasimonomial Zhou valuations; convergence results for valuations and relative types under Tian-function analysis underpin the interpolation theory. The real-case translations via the P map yield analogous interpolation results for real-analytic germs. Overall, the work connects valuative interpolation with multiplier ideals, Lelong-like invariants, and the geometry of tame maximal weights, providing a robust toolkit for constructing valuations realizing prescribed data and clarifying the structure of valuations in complex and real analytic settings.
Abstract
In this article, using key tools including Zhou valuations, Tian functions and a convergence result for relative types, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of valuative interpolations on the rings of germs of holomorphic functions and real analytic functions at the origin in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ and $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, respectively. For the cases of polynomial rings with complex and real coefficients, we establish separate necessary conditions and sufficient conditions, which become both necessary and sufficient when the intersection of the zero sets of the given polynomials is the set of the origin in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$. Furthermore, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a valuation to be of the form given by a relative type with respect to a tame maximal weight. We demonstrate a result of Boucksom--Favre--Jonsson on quasimonomial valuations also holds for quasimonomial Zhou valuations. Finally, we obtain a relationship between Zhou valuations and the differentiable points of Tian functions.
