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Singularities and their deformations: how they change the shape and view of objects

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Dimca, A. (2006). Singularities and their deformations: how they change the shape and view of objects. In: Elkadi, M., Mourrain, B., Piene, R. (eds) Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33275-6_6

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