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AUTHOR
M. C. Romero Fuster
The geometry of the secant caustic of a planar curve
The secant caustic of a planar curve $M$ is the image of the singular set of the secant map of $M$. We analyse the geometrical properties of the secant caustic of a planar curve, i.e. the number of branches of the secant caustic, the parity of the number of cusps and the number of inflexion points in each branch of this set. In particular, we investigate in detail some of the geometrical properties of the secant caustic of a rosette, i.e. a smooth regular oriented closed curve with non-vanishing curvature.
Topological invariants of stable immersions of oriented 3-manifolds in R4
Abstract We show that the Z -module of first order local Vassiliev type invariants of stable immersions of oriented 3-manifolds into R 4 is generated by 3 topological invariants: The number of pairs of quadruple points and the positive and negative linking invariants l + and l − introduced by V. Goryunov (1997) [7] . We obtain the expression for the Euler characteristic of the immersed 3-manifold in terms of these invariants. We also prove that the total number of connected components of the triple points curve is a non-local Vassiliev type invariant.
THE HOROSPHERICAL GEOMETRY OF SUBMANIFOLDS IN HYPERBOLIC SPACE
Some geometrical properties associated to the contact of submanifolds with hyperhorospheres in hyperbolic -space are studied as an application of the theory of Legendrian singularities.
Bridges, channels and Arnold's invariants for generic plane curves
Abstract We define sums of plane curves that generalize the idea of connected sum and show how Arnol'd's invariants behave with respect to them. We also consider the inverse process of decomposition of a curve and as an application, obtain a new method that reduces considerably the amounts of computation involved in the calculation of Arnold's invariants.
On the number of singularities, zero curvature points and vertices of a simple convex space curve
We prove a generalization of the 4 vertex theorem forC3 closed simple convex space curves including singular and zero curvature points.
Convexly generic curves in R 3
We study curves immersed in R 3, with special interest in the description of their convex hull frontier structure from a global viewpoint. Genericity conditions are set for these curves by looking at the singularities of height functions on them. We define panel structures for convexly generic curves and work out numerical relations involving the number of tritangent support planes. As a consequence, a generic version of the 4-vertex theorem for convex curves in R 3 is obtained.
Conformal curvatures of curves in
Abstract We define a complete set of conformal invariants for pairs of spheres in and obtain from these the expressions of the conformal curvatures of curves in (n + 1)-space in terms of the Euclidean invariants.
Gauss maps on canal hypersurfaces of generic curves in R4
Abstract We analyze the generic behavior of the Gauss map in a special case provided by the canal 3-manifolds of curves generically immersed in R 4 and obtain geometrical characterizations for its singularities. We also study the geometrical properties of their corresponding parabolic surfaces, considered as surfaces immersed in R 4 .
Stable maps from surfaces to the plane with prescribed branching data
Abstract We consider the problem of constructing stable maps from surfaces to the plane with branch set a given set of curves immersed (except possibly with cusps) in the plane. Various constructions are used (1) piecing together regions immersed in the plane (2) modifying an existing stable map by a sequence of codimension one transitions (swallowtails etc) or by surgeries. In (1) the way the regions are pieced together is described by a bipartite graph (an edge C* corresponds to a branch curve C with the vertices of C* corresponding to the two regions containing C). We show that any bipartite graph may be realized by a stable map and we consider the question of realizing graphs by fold ma…