2022/12/11 by Lev Birbrair, Birbrair, Lev, Andrei Gabrielov +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · #03C64 #14P10 #51F30 #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Commutative Algebra and Its Applications #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Metric Geometry (math.MG)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2212.05511
openalex publication_date 2022/12/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present here basic results in Lipschitz Geometry of semialgebraic surface germs. Although bi-Lipschitz classification problem of surface germs with respect to the inner metric was solved long ago, classification with respect to the outer metric remains an open problem. We review recent results related to the outer and ambient bi-Lipschitz classification of surface germs. In particular, we explain why the outer Lipschitz classification is much harder than the inner classification, and why the ambient Lipschitz Geometry of surface germs is very different from their outer Lipschitz Geometry. In particular, we show that the ambient Lipschitz Geometry of surface germs includes all of the Knot Theory.