TY - BOOK AU - Br�ocker,Theodor AU - Lander,L TI - Differentiable germs and catastrophes T2 - London Mathematical Society lecture note series SN - 0521206812 U1 - 514.7 PY - 1975/// [reprinted 1976] CY - Cambridge [Eng.], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Catastrophes (Mathematics) KW - Differentiable mappings KW - Germs (Mathematics) N1 - "A small number of copies of the German text were printed ... under the title: Der Regensburger Trichter, Band 3, Differenzierbare Abbildungen."; Includes index; Bibliography: p. 172-175; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/74017000-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/74017000-t.html ER -