Differentiable Germs and Catastrophes

Name: Differentiable Germs and Catastrophes
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ISBN: 9780521206815

ISBN-10: 0521206812

ISBN-13: 9780521206815

Edition: N/A

Authors: Theodor Brï¿½cker, L. Lander

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Description:

This book gives a fairly elementary introduction to the local theory of differentiable mappings and is suitable as a text for courses to graduates and advanced undergraduates.

Book details

List price: $46.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/17/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English




Foreword



Germs with constant rank



Regular values



Construction of differentiable maps



Germs and jets



The division theorem



The preparation theorem



Symmetric germs



Mappings of the plane into the plane



Boardman-Thom singularities



The quadratic differential



Finitely determined germs



Some elementary algebraic geometry



Tougeron's theory



The universal unfolding of a singularity



The seven elementary catastrophes



Proof of the main theorem on universal unfoldings



Pictures of the seven elementary catastrophes


Further reading


Indices