Projections of surfaces in \(\mathbb R^4\) to \(\mathbb R^3\) and the geometry of their singular images (Q2340459)

The authors study the geometry of germs of singular surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) whose parametrisations have an \(\mathcal{A}\)-singularity of \(\mathcal{A}_e\)-codimension \(\leq 3\), via their contact with planes. The paper is organized into three sections dealing with the following topics: the geometry of singular surfaces (the cross-cap, singularities more degenerate than cross-cap), projections of surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) to \(3\)-space (projecting along a nontangential direction, projecting along a tangential direction). Other papers by the second author directly connected to this subject are \textit{F. Tari} [Tohoku Math. J. (2) 59, No. 2, 233--258 (2007; Zbl 1157.53305), Differ. Geom. Appl. 27, No. 2, 296--306 (2009; Zbl 1162.53004)], [\textit{J. W. Bruce} et al., in: Real and complex singularities. Papers from the 3rd international workshop held Aug. 1-5, 1994 in São Carlos, Brazil. Harlow: Longman; New York, NY: Wiley. 148--178 (1995; Zbl 0839.58012)], and [\textit{J. W. Bruce} and \textit{F. Tari}, Proc. Edinb. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 45, No. 1, 181--203 (2002; Zbl 1027.58029)].