Resolution of singularities. A research textbook in tribute to Oscar Zariski. Based on the courses given at the working week in Obergurgl, Austria, September 7--14, 1997 (Q1964632)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Lipman, Joseph}, Oscar Zariski 1899--1986, 1-4 [Zbl 1042.01525] \textit{Hauser, Herwig}, Resolution of singularities 1860--1999, 5-36 [Zbl 0959.14001] \textit{Abramovich, Dan; Oort, Frans}, Alterations and resolution of singularities, 39-108 [Zbl 0996.14007] \textit{Aroca, José Manuel}, Reduction of singularities for differential equations, 109-128 [Zbl 0978.32031] \textit{Aroca, José Manuel}, Puiseux solutions of singular differential equations, 129-145 [Zbl 0952.34072] \textit{Encinas, Santiago; Villamayor, Orlando}, A course on constructive desingularization and equivariance, 147-227 [Zbl 0969.14007] \textit{Bodnár, Gábor; Schicho, Josef}, A computer program for the resolution of singularities, 231-238 [Zbl 0982.14032] \textit{Cossart, Vincent}, Uniformization and desingularization of surfaces after Zariski, 239-258 [Zbl 0973.14006] \textit{Cox, David A.}, Toric varieties and toric resolutions, 259-284 [Zbl 0969.14035] \textit{van Geemen, Bert; Oort, Frans}, A compactification of a fine moduli space of curves, 285-298 [Zbl 1002.14006] \textit{Geisser, Thomas}, Applications of de Jong's theorem on alterations, 299-314 [Zbl 1022.14007] \textit{Goldin, Rebecca; Teissier, Bernard}, Resolving singularities of plane analytic branches with one toric morphism, 315-340 [Zbl 0995.14002] \textit{Hauser, Herwig}, Excellent surfaces and their taut resolution, 341-373 [Zbl 0979.14007] \textit{de Jong, A. Johan}, An application of alterations of Dieudonné modules, 375-380 [Zbl 1022.14005] \textit{Kuhlmann, Franz-Viktor}, Valuation theoretic and model theoretic aspects of local uniformization, 381-456 [Zbl 1046.14001] \textit{Lê Dũng Tráng}, The sandwich singularities, 457-483 [Zbl 0974.14003] \textit{Lipman, Joseph}, Equisingularity and simultaneous resolution of singularities, 485-505 [Zbl 0970.14011] \textit{Müller, Gerd}, Resolution of weighted homogeneous surface singularities, 507-517 [Zbl 1024.14006] \textit{Pop, Florian}, Alterations and birational anabelian geometry, 519-532 [Zbl 1022.14006] \textit{Reitberger, Heinrich}, The turbulent fifties in resolution of singularities, 533-537 [Zbl 0974.14001] \textit{Vaquié, Michel}, Valuations, 539-590 [Zbl 1003.13001]