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Height functions on Whitney umbrellas

Differential Geometry 2012-12-10 v4

Abstract

We study the singularities of the members of the family of height functions on Whitney umbrellas, which is also known as cross-caps, and show that the family of the height functions is a versal unfolding. Moreover, we study local intersections of a Whitney umbrella with a hyperplane through its singular point.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1205.3044,
  title  = {Height functions on Whitney umbrellas},
  author = {Toshizumi Fukui and Masaru Hasegawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3044},
  year   = {2012}
}
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