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The geometry of fronts

Kentaro Saji, Masaaki Umehara, Kotaro Yamada

Published 2005-03-13, updated 2006-12-09Version 4

We shall introduce the singular curvature function on cuspidal edges of surfaces, which is related to the Gauss-Bonnet formula and which characterizes the shape of cuspidal edges. Moreover, it is closely related to the behavior of the Gaussian curvature of a surface near cuspidal edges and swallowtails.

Comments: 30 pages with 6 figures
Categories: math.DG
Subjects: 57R45, 53A05
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