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Behavior of corank one singular points on wave fronts

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Let M2M^2 be an oriented 2-manifold and f:M2R3f:M^2\to R^3 a CC^\infty-map. A point pM2p\in M^2 is called a singular point if ff is not an immersion at pp. The map ff is called a front (or wave front), if there exists a unit CC^\infty-vector field ν\nu such that the image of each tangent vector df(X)df(X) (XTM2)(X\in TM^2) is perpendicular to ν\nu, and the pair (f,ν)(f,\nu) gives an immersion into R3×S2R^3\times S^2. In our previous paper, we gave an intrinsic formulation of wave fronts in R3R^3. In this paper, we shall investigate the behavior of cuspidal edges near corank one singular points and establish Gauss-Bonnet-type formulas under the intrinsic formulation.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2810,
  title  = {Behavior of corank one singular points on wave fronts},
  author = {Kentaro Saji and Masaaki Umehara and Kotaro Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2810},
  year   = {2007}
}
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