Br�ocker, Theodor. <br/><br/>
Differentiable germs and catastrophes / 
Th. Br�ocker & L. Lander ; [translated by L. Lander]. 
 - Cambridge [Eng.] ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  c1975 [reprinted 1976]. 
 - vi, 179 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - London Mathematical Society lecture note series ;  17 .
 -  17. London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; .
<br/><br/> "A small number of copies of the German text were printed ... under the title: Der Regensburger Trichter, Band 3, Differenzierbare Abbildungen."  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 172-175. 
<br/><br/>Machine derived contents note: 1. Foreword; 1. Germs with constant rank; 2. Regular values; 3. Construction of differentiable maps; 4. Germs and jets; 5. The division theorem; 6. The preparation theorem; 7. Symmetric germs; 8. Mappings of the plane into the plane; 9. Boardman-Thom singularities; 10. The quadratic differential; 11. Finitely determined germs; 12. Some elementary algebraic geometry; 13. Tougeron's theory; 14. The universal unfolding of a singularity; 15. The seven elementary catastrophes; 16. Proof of the main theorem on universal unfoldings; 17. Pictures of the seven elementary catastrophes; Further reading; Indices. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521206812 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Catastrophes (Mathematics)<br/>Differentiable mappings.<br/>Germs (Mathematics)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>514.7  / BRD 1976