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2015 Tout chemin générique de hérissons réalisant un retournement de la sphère dans $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ comprend un hérisson porteur de queues d'aronde positives
Yves Martinez-Maure
Publ. Mat. 59(2): 339-351 (2015).

Abstract

Hedgehogs are (possibly singular and self-intersecting) hypersurfaces that describe Minkowski differences of convex bodies in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. They are the natural geometrical objects when one seeks to extend parts of the Brunn-Minkowski theory to a vector space which contains convex bodies. In this paper, we prove that in every generic path of hedgehogs performing the eversion of the sphere in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$, there exists a hedgehog that has positive swallowtails. This study was motivated by an open problem raised in 1985 by Langevin, Levitt, and Rosenberg.

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Yves Martinez-Maure. "Tout chemin générique de hérissons réalisant un retournement de la sphère dans $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ comprend un hérisson porteur de queues d'aronde positives." Publ. Mat. 59 (2) 339 - 351, 2015.

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Published: 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 30 July 2015

zbMATH: 1331.52003

Subjects:
Primary: 52A15 , 52A20 , 52A99 , 53A05 , 53D10 , 58K35

Keywords: absolute coorientation , Eversion of the sphere , generic metamorphosis , hedgehogs , indices , type of swallowtails

Rights: Copyright © 2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament de Matemàtiques

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