Singularities of Differentiable Maps, Volume 1: Classification of Critical Points, Caustics and Wave Fronts

by Vladimir I. Arnold, A.N. Varchenko, S. M. Gusein-Zade, et al.

​Singularity theory is a far-reaching extension of maxima and minima investigations of differentiable functions, with implications for many different areas of mathematics, engineering (catastrophe theory and the theory of bifurcations), and science. The three parts of this first volume of a two-volume set deal with the stability problem for smooth mappings, critical points of smooth functions, and caustics and wave front singularities. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817683399
• ISBN13: 9780817683399
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"