Real and Complex Singularities: Ninth International Workshop on Real and Copmplex Singularities July 23-28, 2006 Icmc-usp, Sao Carlos, S.p., Brazil

Fifteen papers from the July 2006 workshop present recent results in singularity, classification, equisingularity, and topology theory. The mathematicians propose a global classification of curves on the symplectic plane, cobordism invariants of fold maps, an index of quadratic differential forms, and a residue theoretical approach to intersection theory. Other topics include conjugate vectors of immersed manifolds, Thom polynomials and Schur functions, obstructions on fundamental groups of plane curve complements, and exotic moduli of Goursat distributions. No index is provided. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)