Dynamical Systems VIII: Singularity Theory II. Applications: 39 (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, 39) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 3540533761 ISBN 13: 9783540533764

Publisher: Springer, 1993

Synopsis

In the first volume of this survey (Arnol'd et al. (1988), hereafter cited as "EMS 6") we acquainted the reader with the basic concepts and methods of the theory of singularities of smooth mappings and functions. This theory has numerous applications in mathematics and physics; here we begin describing these applica­ tions. Nevertheless the present volume is essentially independent of the first one: all of the concepts of singularity theory that we use are introduced in the course of the presentation, and references to EMS 6 are confined to the citation of technical results. Although our main goal is the presentation of analready formulated theory, the readerwill also come upon some comparatively recent results, apparently unknown even to specialists. We pointout some of these results. 2 3 In the consideration of mappings from C into C in§ 3. 6 of Chapter 1, we define the bifurcation diagram of such a mapping, formulate a K(n, 1)-theorem for the complements to the bifurcation diagrams of simple singularities, give the definition of the Mond invariant N in the spirit of "hunting for invariants", and we draw the reader's attention to a method of constructing the image of a mapping from the corresponding function on a manifold with boundary. In§ 4. 6 of the same chapter we introduce the concept of a versal deformation of a function with a nonisolated singularity in the dass of functions whose critical sets are arbitrary complete intersections of fixed dimension.

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V.I. Arnol’d, V.V. Goryunov, O.V. Lyashko, V.A. Vasil’ev, and V.I. Arnol’d (eds.)

Dynamical Systems VIII

"The book contains a huge amount of information from all the branches of Singularity Theory, presented in a very attractive way, with lots of inspiring pictures."

―ZENTRALBLATT MATH

Synopsis

This volume of the EMS is devoted to applications ofsingularity theory in mathematics and physics. The authorsArnol'd, Vasil'ev, Goryunov and Lyashkostudy bifurcationsets arising in various contexts such as the stability ofsingular points of dynamical systems, boundaries of thedomains of ellipticity and hyperbolicity of partialdifferentail equations, boundaries of spaces of oscillatinglinear equations with variable coefficients and boundariesof fundamental systems of solutions.The book also treats applications of the following topics:functions on manifolds with boundary, projections ofcomplete intersections, caustics, wave fronts, evolvents,maximum functions, shock waves, Petrovskij lacunas andgeneralizations of Newton's topological proof that Abelianintegralsare transcendental.The book contains descriptions of numberous very recentresearch results that have not yet appeared in monographform. There are also sections listing open problems,conjectures and directions offuture research. It will be ofgreat interest for mathematicians and physicists, who usesingularity theory as a reference and research aid.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540533761
• ISBN 13: 9783540533764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Arnol'd V.I.