Download or read book The Theory of Singularities and Its Applications written by Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-05-31 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, which is based on lectures given in Pisa under the auspices of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the distinguished mathematician Vladimir Arnold describes those singularities encountered in different branches of mathematics. He avoids giving difficult proofs of all the results in order to provide the reader with a concise and accessible overview of the many guises and areas in which singularities appear, such as geometry and optics; optimal control theory and algebraic geometry; reflection groups and dynamical systems and many more. This will be an excellent companion for final year undergraduates and graduates whose area of study brings them into contact with singularities.