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Folding maps and focal sets

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Singularity Theory and its Applications

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University, NE1 7RU, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

    J. W. Bruce & T. C. Wilkinson

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Bruce, J.W., Wilkinson, T.C. (1991). Folding maps and focal sets. In: Mond, D., Montaldi, J. (eds) Singularity Theory and its Applications. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1462. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0086374

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