Spatial curve singularities and the monster/semple tower

DOI10.1007/s11856-012-0031-2zbMath1266.58023OpenAlexW2087963536MaRDI QIDQ1932667

Richard Montgomery, Alex Lúcio Castro

Publication date: 21 January 2013

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-012-0031-2

zbMATH Keywords

fibrationsarrangements of hyperplanesprolongationBott towerGoursat distributionNash blow-upCartan pointsmonster towersemple tower

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global theory and resolution of singularities (algebro-geometric aspects) (14E15) Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Classification; finite determinacy of map germs (58K40)

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