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1984 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Applications of Whitney’s Theory

Author : Vladimir Igorevich Arnold

Published in: Catastrophe Theory

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Since smooth mapping are found everywhere, their singularities must be everywhere also and since Whitney’s theory gives significant information on singularities of generic mappings, we can try to use this information to study large numbers of different phenomena and processes in all areas of science. This sample idea is the whole essence of catastrophe theory.

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Title
Applications of Whitney’s Theory
Author
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold
Copyright Year
1984
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96799-3_3

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