Two-dimensional iterated torus knots and quasi-ordinary surface singularities. (Q1417116)

This paper announces a generalization of the classical description of germs of plane curve singularities in terms of Puiseux exponents and iterated torus knots to higher dimensional, irreducible quasi-ordinary singularities, making explicit earlier work of Gau and Lipman [\textit{J. Lipman}, Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 388, 1--106 (1988; Zbl 0658.14003); \textit{Y.-N. Gau}, ibid. 388, 109--129 (1988; Zbl 0658.14004)]. Only 2-dimensional hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb{C}^3\) are considered here; extensions to higher dimensions and reducible quasi-ordinary singularities are left to a later paper.