Singularities of implicit differential systems and their integrability
The objective of this paper is to study singularities of n-ruled (n + 1)-manifolds in Euclidean space. They are one-parameter families of n-dimensional affine subspaces in Euclidean space. After defining a non-degenerate n-ruled (n + 1)-manifold we will give a necessary and sufficient condition for such a map germ to be right-left equivalent to the cross cap × interval. The behavior of a generic n-ruled (n + 1)-manifold is also discussed.
Compact, -foliated manifolds of codimension one, having all leaves proper, are shown to be -smoothable. More precisely, such a foliated manifold is homeomorphic to one of class . The corresponding statement is false for foliations with nonproper leaves. In that case, there are topological distinctions between smoothness of class and of class for every nonnegative integer .
Define for a smooth compact hypersurface of its crumpleness as the ratio , where is the distance from to its central set. (In other words, is the maximal radius of an open non-selfintersecting tube around in We prove that any -dimensional non-singular compact algebraic hypersurface of degree is rigidly isotopic to an algebraic hypersurface of degree and of crumpleness . Here , depend only on , and rigid isotopy means an isotopy passing only through hypersurfaces of degree...