On the geometry of folded cuspidal edges (Q1790938)

The authors study the geometry of the cuspidal \(S_k\) singularities in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) obtained by folding generically a cuspidal edge. In particular, they are interested in the geometry of the cuspidal cross-cap \(M\). The geometrical invariants associated to \(M\) are studied and it is proved that they determine it up to order \(5\). The paper is organized into four sections as follows: Introduction, Geometrical invariants (normal form of the cuspidal edge and its invariants, invariants of the singular space curve, folded cuspidal edge, geometric invariants up to order \(5\)), Flat geometry: contact with planes (submersions on the cuspidal cross-cap, height functions: geometrical interpretations, geometry of functions on the cuspidal cross-cap and duals), The tangent developable surface of a space curve at a point of zero torsion.