The right classification of univariate power series in positive characteristic (1210.2868v2)

Abstract: While the classification of univariate power series up to coordinate change is trivial in characteristic 0, this classification is very different in positive characteristic. In this note we give a complete classification of univariate power series $f\in K[[x]]$, where $K$ is an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$ by explicit normal forms. We show that the right determinacy of $f$ is completely determined by its support. Moreover we prove that the right modality of $f$ is equal to the integer part of $\mu/p$, where $\mu$ is the Milnor number of $f$. As a consequence we prove in this case that the modality is equal to the proper modality, which is the dimension of the $\mu$-constant stratum in an algebraic representative of the semiuniversal deformation with trivial section.