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Inflection points and nonsingular embeddings of surfaces in R-5

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Author(s):
Mochida, D. K. H. ; Romero-Fuster, M. C. ; Ruas, Maria Aparecida Soares
Total Authors: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics; v. 33, n. 3, p. 995-1009, 2003.
Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics
Abstract

We define asymptotic direction fields on surfaces embedded in R5 and characterize their critical points both as umbilics of heigth functions and as singular points of order 2 of the embedding in Feldman's sense. We show that there are at least one and at most five of these fields defined locally at each point of a generically embedded closed surface. We use this viewpoint in order to consider the existence of singular points of order 2 on a given surface. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 97/10735-3 - Singularities, geometry and differential equations
Grantee:Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants