Limits of Tangents of Surfaces

2015/11/25 by Joao Cabral, Cabral, Joao, Orlando Neto +1
Mathematics · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.AG

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1511.08095

arxiv created 2015/11/25 · arxiv updated 2015/11/26

Abstract

We compute the limit of tangents of an arbitrary surface. We obtain as a byproduct an embedded version of Jung's desingularization theorem for surface singularities with finite limits of tangents.

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