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We shall describe here some results and methods pertaining to the following general problem (details will appear elsewhere). Suppose a mapping f 0of an open set R in n-spaceE n into m-space E m is given (we shall write f: R n→E m ). How can we alter f 0slightly, obtaining a mapping f with nicer and simpler properties? By the Weierstrass approximation theorem (generalized), we may require that f be analytic in R; if f 0 was r-smooth (had continuous partial derivatives through the r th order), we may require the partial derivatives of f through the r th order to approximate those of f 0 (we then call f anr-approximation). Now take any regular point p of f, that is, a point p such that f is of maximum rank v = inf (n, m) at p. (Equivalently, using coordinate systems inE n and in E m, the Jacobian matrix of f at p is of rank v.) Then, by the implicit function theorem, we may choose coordinates so that f has the form
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Whitney, H. (1992). Singularities of Mappings of Euclidean Spaces. In: Eells, J., Toledo, D. (eds) Hassler Whitney Collected Papers. Contemporary Mathematicians. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2972-8_29
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