In mathematics, singularity theory studies spaces that are almost manifolds, but not quite. A string can serve as an example of a one-dimensional manifold...
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A gravitational singularity, spacetime singularity, or simply singularity, is a theoretical condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that...
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System relatedness: the effects of a singularity are characteristic of the system. Uniqueness: The nature of a singularity does not arise from the scale of...
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an algebraic variety. For singularities in differential geometry, see singularity theory. In real analysis, singularities are either discontinuities...
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The technological singularity—or simply the singularity—is a hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible...
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Vladimir Arnold (section Singularity theory)
differential-geometric approach to hydrodynamics, geometric analysis and singularity theory, including posing the ADE classification problem. His first main result...
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The initial singularity is a singularity predicted[dubious – discuss] by some models of the Big Bang theory to have existed before the Big Bang. The instant...
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Look up Singularity or singularity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Singularity or singular point may refer to: Mathematical singularity, a point at...
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general theory of relativity". A singularity in solutions of the Einstein field equations is one of three things: Spacelike singularities: The singularity lies...
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fairly concrete constructions (see also the related theory simplicial homology). In brief, singular homology is constructed by taking maps of the standard...
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Val singularities. Elliptic singularity (Kollár & Mori 1998, Theorem 5.22.) (Artin 1966) Artin, Michael (1966), "On isolated rational singularities of...
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tangent cone is not singular outside its vertex. Milnor map Resolution of singularities Singular point of a curve Singularity theory Smooth scheme Zariski...
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Cohomology (redirect from Singular cohomology theory)
In mathematics, specifically in homology theory and algebraic topology, cohomology is a general term for a sequence of abelian groups, usually one associated...
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Affine focal set (section Singularity theory approach)
{x} \}\times M\to \mathbb {R} } has degenerate singularity at some p. A function has degenerate singularity if both the Jacobian matrix of first order partial...
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theory is a branch of bifurcation theory in the study of dynamical systems; it is also a particular special case of more general singularity theory in...
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mathematics, canonical singularities appear as singularities of the canonical model of a projective variety, and terminal singularities are special cases that...
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matrix theory Representation theory Ring theory Scheme theory Semigroup theory Set theory Shape theory Sheaf theory Sieve theory Singularity theory Soliton...
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Big Bang (redirect from Big Bang Initial Singularity)
measurements of the expansion rate of the universe place the Big Bang singularity at an estimated 13.787±0.02 billion years ago, which is considered the...
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type A2-singularity. Let f (x, y) be a smooth function of x and y and assume, for simplicity, that f (0, 0) = 0. Then a type A2-singularity of f at (0...
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founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes and, geometric integration theory. Hassler...
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does not is given by the isolated singularity of x2 + y3z + z3 = 0 at the origin. Blowing it up gives the singularity x2 + y2z + yz3 = 0. It is not immediately...
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Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1983. Ishii's research focuses on singularity theory. She studies arc spaces, a mathematical concept related to jets: arc...
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Transhumanism (category Singularity theory)
only the will of mankind as a whole. The concept of the technological singularity, or the ultra-rapid advent of superhuman intelligence, was first proposed...
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Whitney umbrella (category Singularity theory)
important in the field of singularity theory, as a simple local model of a pinch point singularity. The pinch point and the fold singularity are the only stable...
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a Du Val singularity, also called simple surface singularity, Kleinian singularity, or rational double point, is an isolated singularity of a complex...
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The Singularity is a 2012 documentary film about the technological singularity, produced and directed by Doug Wolens. The film has been called "a large-scale...
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A ring singularity or ringularity is the gravitational singularity of a rotating black hole, or a Kerr black hole, that is shaped like a ring. When a...
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reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became world-famous among the wider academic community and the...
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In mathematics, and in particular singularity theory, an Ak singularity, where k ≥ 0 is an integer, describes a level of degeneracy of a function. The...
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theory, such as the field of rational numbers, number fields, finite fields, function fields, and p-adic fields. A large part of singularity theory is...
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