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On generic hypersurfaces in ℝn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. W. Bruce
J. W. Bruce
Affiliation:
University College, Cork, Eire
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In this paper we consider certain questions concerning the differential geometry of generic hypersurfaces in ℝn. Our results prove, for example, that the curve of rib points of a generic surface in ℝ3 has transverse self-intersections.

In (4) Porteous discussed (amongst other things) the generic geometry of curves and surfaces in ℝ3. Subsequently Looijenga ((3) and see also (5)) gave a more precise definition of the term generic and showed that an open dense subset of smooth embeddings of manifolds in Euclidean space were indeed generic.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , November 1981 , pp. 389 - 394
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1981

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