Singular 3-manifolds in \(\mathbb{R}^5\) (Q2063009): Difference between revisions

In [\textit{L. F. Martins} and \textit{J. J. Nuño-Ballesteros}, Tôhoku Math. J. (2) 67, No. 1, 105--124 (2015; Zbl 1320.58023)], the authors study singular surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) with corank-1 singularities for \(n=3\) and the authors in [\textit{P. B. Riul} et al., Q. J. Math. 70, No. 3, 767--795 (2019; Zbl 1460.53007)] study the case when \(n=4\). They define the curvature parabola using the first and second fundamental forms of the surface at the singular point. For smooth 3-manifolds immersed in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n \geq 5\), the geometry of the second fundamental form at a point is determined by the geometry of a set called the curvature locus. This paper is inspired by the regular case and by the definition of the curvature parabola for corank-1 surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), \(n = 3, 4\). The authors define the first and second fundamental forms of a corank-1 3-manifold in \(\mathbb{R}^5\) at \(p\) and study their properties. They also define the curvature locus for a corank-1 3-manifold in \(\mathbb{R}^5\) and study its geometry. The curvature locus contains geometric properties of the second fundamental form.