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Topological Invariants of Plane Curves and Caustics
About this Title
V. I. Arnold, Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Moscow, Russia
Publication: University Lecture Series
Publication Year:
1994; Volume 5
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-0308-0 (print); 978-1-4704-2189-2 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/ulect/005
MathSciNet review: MR1286249
MSC: Primary 57M25; Secondary 53A04, 57-02, 57R42, 58C28
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Front/Back Matter
Lecture 1. Invariants and discriminants of plane curves
- Preface to lecture 1
- Chapter 1. Plane curves
- Chapter 2. Legendrian knots
Lecture 2. Symplectic and contact topology of caustics and wave fronts, and Sturm theory