Texas Singularities

Texas Singularities
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 9781439666227
ISBN-13 : 1439666229
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Texas Singularities by : Clay Coppedge

Texas, that most singular of states, conceals an entire parade of peculiar events and exceptional people in the back pages of its history books. A Lone Star man once (and only once) tried to bulldog a steer from an airplane. One small Texas town was attacked by the Japanese, while another was "liberated" from America during the Cold War. Texan career choices include goat gland doctor, rubbing doctor, striking cowboy and singing cowboy, not to mention swatter, tangler and dunker. From gunslinger Sally Skull to would-be rainmaker R.G. Dyrenforth, Clay Coppedge collects the distinctive odds and ends of Texan lore.

Introduction to Singularities

Introduction to Singularities
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9784431568377
ISBN-13 : 4431568379
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Introduction to Singularities by : Shihoko Ishii

This book is an introduction to singularities for graduate students and researchers. Algebraic geometry is said to have originated in the seventeenth century with the famous work Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences by Descartes. In that book he introduced coordinates to the study of geometry. After its publication, research on algebraic varieties developed steadily. Many beautiful results emerged in mathematicians’ works. First, mostly non-singular varieties were studied. In the past three decades, however, it has become clear that singularities are necessary for us to have a good description of the framework of varieties. For example, it is impossible to formulate minimal model theory for higher-dimensional cases without singularities. A remarkable fact is that the study of singularities is developing and people are beginning to see that singularities are interesting and can be handled by human beings. This book is a handy introduction to singularities for anyone interested in singularities. The focus is on an isolated singularity in an algebraic variety. After preparation of varieties, sheaves, and homological algebra, some known results about 2-dimensional isolated singularities are introduced. Then a classification of higher-dimensional isolated singularities is shown according to plurigenera and the behavior of singularities under a deformation is studied. In the second edition, brief descriptions about recent remarkable developments of the researches are added as the last chapter.

Introduction to Singularities and Deformations

Introduction to Singularities and Deformations
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9783540284192
ISBN-13 : 3540284192
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Introduction to Singularities and Deformations by : Gert-Martin Greuel

Singularity theory is a young, rapidly-growing topic with connections to algebraic geometry, complex analysis, commutative algebra, representations theory, Lie groups theory and topology, and many applications in the natural and technical sciences. This book presents the basic singularity theory of analytic spaces, including local deformation theory and the theory of plane curve singularities. It includes complete proofs.

Singularity

Singularity
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Publisher : Minotaur Books
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9781429988810
ISBN-13 : 1429988819
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Singularity by : Kathryn Casey

Profiler Sarah Armstrong knows what it's like to be in a sticky situation. As a single mother and one of the few female Rangers in Texas history, she has had to work twice as hard to rank among the best cops in the Lone Star State. But when megawealthy businessman Edward Lucas III is found murdered along with his mistress, their bodies posed in grotesque ways, Sara quickly senses that this will be the deadliest case of her career. While others focus the investigation on Lucas's estranged wife, Sarah disagrees and hunts a suspect only she believes in. Yet nothing in her career could have prepared her for the horror of a young man who believes he has been sent from heaven to massacre innocent people. When Sarah picks up on the killer's elusive trail, following his scent all over Texas, the psychopath makes her his next target. And as Sarah closes in, the madman sets his sights on all she holds dear. Singularity features a feisty, funny, and tough heroine and a truly creepy killer, as it races along to a chilling and unexpected climax.

From Boxing Ring to Battlefield

From Boxing Ring to Battlefield
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781538116753
ISBN-13 : 1538116758
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis From Boxing Ring to Battlefield by : Gene Pantalone

World champion boxer Lew Jenkins fought his whole life. As a child, he fought extreme poverty during the Great Depression; in his twenties, he fought as a professional boxer and became a world champion; and at the pinnacle of his boxing career, Jenkins fought in World War II and the Korean War. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins details for the first time this extraordinary story. Despite his talent for boxing, Jenkins often fought and trained in drunken stupors. And though he became the world lightweight champion, he soon wasted his ring title and all his money. Unable to find meaning in life at the peak of his boxing success, Jenkins discovered values to which he could cling during World War II and the Korean War. His efforts earned him one of the highest decorations for bravery, the Silver Star. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield features exclusive interviews with Lew Jenkins’s son and grandson, providing a personal perspective on the life of this complicated war hero. The first biography of Jenkins, this book will fascinate boxing fans and historians alike.

Singularities in Geometry and Topology

Singularities in Geometry and Topology
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 918
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ISBN-10 : 9789812706812
ISBN-13 : 981270681X
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Singularities in Geometry and Topology by : Jean-Paul Brasselet

Singularity theory appears in numerous branches of mathematics, as well as in many emerging areas such as robotics, control theory, imaging, and various evolving areas in physics. The purpose of this proceedings volume is to cover recent developments in singularity theory and to introduce young researchers from developing countries to singularities in geometry and topology. The contributions discuss singularities in both complex and real geometry. As such, they provide a natural continuation of the previous school on singularities held at ICTP (1991), which is recognized as having had a major influence in the field.

Topology of Algebraic Varieties and Singularities

Topology of Algebraic Varieties and Singularities
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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9780821848906
ISBN-13 : 0821848909
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Topology of Algebraic Varieties and Singularities by : José Ignacio Cogolludo-Agustín

This volume contains invited expository and research papers from the conference Topology of Algebraic Varieties, in honour of Anatoly Libgober's 60th birthday, held June 22-26, 2009, in Jaca, Spain.

Holomorphic Foliations with Singularities

Holomorphic Foliations with Singularities
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9783030767051
ISBN-13 : 3030767051
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Holomorphic Foliations with Singularities by : Bruno Scárdua

This concise textbook gathers together key concepts and modern results on the theory of holomorphic foliations with singularities, offering a compelling vision on how the notion of foliation, usually linked to real functions and manifolds, can have an important role in the holomorphic world, as shown by modern results from mathematicians as H. Cartan, K. Oka, T. Nishino, and M. Suzuki. The text starts with a gentle presentation of the classical notion of foliations, advancing to holomorphic foliations and then holomorphic foliations with singularities. The theory behind reduction of singularities is described in detail, as well the cases for dynamics of a local diffeomorphism and foliations on complex projective spaces. A final chapter brings recent questions in the field, as holomorphic flows on Stein spaces and transversely homogeneous holomorphic foliations, along with a list of open questions for further study and research. Selected exercises at the end of each chapter help the reader to grasp the theory. Graduate students in Mathematics with a special interest in the theory of foliations will especially benefit from this book, which can be used as supplementary reading in Singularity Theory courses, and as a resource for independent study on this vibrant field of research.

Singularities In Geometry And Topology - Proceedings Of The Trieste Singularity Summer School And Workshop

Singularities In Geometry And Topology - Proceedings Of The Trieste Singularity Summer School And Workshop
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 917
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ISBN-10 : 9789814477048
ISBN-13 : 9814477044
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Singularities In Geometry And Topology - Proceedings Of The Trieste Singularity Summer School And Workshop by : Jean-paul Brasselet

Singularity theory appears in numerous branches of mathematics, as well as in many emerging areas such as robotics, control theory, imaging, and various evolving areas in physics. The purpose of this proceedings volume is to cover recent developments in singularity theory and to introduce young researchers from developing countries to singularities in geometry and topology.The contributions discuss singularities in both complex and real geometry. As such, they provide a natural continuation of the previous school on singularities held at ICTP (1991), which is recognized as having had a major influence in the field.

Handbook of Geometry and Topology of Singularities III

Handbook of Geometry and Topology of Singularities III
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 822
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ISBN-10 : 9783030957605
ISBN-13 : 3030957608
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Geometry and Topology of Singularities III by : José Luis Cisneros-Molina

This is the third volume of the Handbook of Geometry and Topology of Singularities, a series which aims to provide an accessible account of the state of the art of the subject, its frontiers, and its interactions with other areas of research. This volume consists of ten chapters which provide an in-depth and reader-friendly survey of various important aspects of singularity theory. Some of these complement topics previously explored in volumes I and II, such as, for instance, Zariski’s equisingularity, the interplay between isolated complex surface singularities and 3-manifold theory, stratified Morse theory, constructible sheaves, the topology of the non-critical levels of holomorphic functions, and intersection cohomology. Other chapters bring in new subjects, such as the Thom–Mather theory for maps, characteristic classes for singular varieties, mixed Hodge structures, residues in complex analytic varieties, nearby and vanishing cycles, and more. Singularities are ubiquitous in mathematics and science in general. Singularity theory interacts energetically with the rest of mathematics, acting as a crucible where different types of mathematical problems interact, surprising connections are born and simple questions lead to ideas which resonate in other parts of the subject, and in other subjects. Authored by world experts, the various contributions deal with both classical material and modern developments, covering a wide range of topics which are linked to each other in fundamental ways. The book is addressed to graduate students and newcomers to the theory, as well as to specialists who can use it as a guidebook.