## Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan

### On the geometry of sets satisfying the sequence selection property

#### Abstract

In this paper we study fundamental directional properties of sets under the assumption of condition (SSP) (introduced in [ 3]). We show several transversality theorems in the singular case and an (SSP)-structure preserving theorem. As a geometric illustration, our transversality results are used to prove several facts concerning complex analytic varieties in 3.3. Also, using our results on sets with condition (SSP), we give a classification of spirals in the appendix 5.

The (SSP)-property is most suitable for understanding transversality in the Lipschitz category. This property is shared by a large class of sets, in particular by subanalytic sets or by definable sets in an o-minimal structure.

#### Article information

Source
J. Math. Soc. Japan, Volume 67, Number 2 (2015), 721-751.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 21 April 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1429624601

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2969/jmsj/06720721

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3340193

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1326.14137

#### Citation

KOIKE, Satoshi; PAUNESCU, Laurentiu. On the geometry of sets satisfying the sequence selection property. J. Math. Soc. Japan 67 (2015), no. 2, 721--751. doi:10.2969/jmsj/06720721. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1429624601

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