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Topological bifurcation for the double cusp polynomial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. N. Godwin
A. N. Godwin
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Lanchester Polytechnic, Rugby
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In his work on elementary catastrophes Zeeman(1) has considered what he has named as the double cusp catastrophe. This catastrophe is defined by the unfolding of the two variable polynomial x4 + y4. Using Mather's results (2) on stability of singular germs of C∞ maps we can find an expression for the unfolding. The eight dimensional unfolding can then be considered as a polynomial in two variables with eight parameters.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , March 1975 , pp. 293 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1975

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