Singular algebraic curves have been in the focus of study in algebraic geometry from the very beginning, and till now remain a subject of an active research rel

The book is a collection of surveys and original research articles concentrating on new perspectives and research directions at the crossroads of algebraic geom

This book is an introduction to singularities for graduate students and researchers. Algebraic geometry is said to have originated in the seventeenth century wi

Since Poincaré's time, topologists have been most concerned with three species of manifold. The most primitive of these--the TOP manifolds--remained rather mys

Comprehensive and self-contained exposition of singularities of plane curves, including new, previously unpublished results.