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The doodle of a finitely determined map germ from R2 to R3

W. L. MararJ. J. Nuño-ballesteros

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Large classCombinatoricsIntersectionGeneral MathematicsTransversal (combinatorics)Image (category theory)Topological classificationGermMathematics

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Let f:U⊂R2→R3 be a representative of a finitely determined map germ f:(R2,0)→(R3,0). Consider the curve obtained as the intersection of the image of the mapping f with a sufficiently small sphere Sϵ2 centered at the origin in R3, call this curve the associated doodle of the map germ f. For a large class of map germs the associated doodle has many transversal self-intersections. The topological classification of such map germs is considered from the point of view of the associated doodles.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2009.02.008