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We review some basic facts which connect the deformation theory of normal surface singularities with the topology of their links. The presentation contains some explicit descriptions for certain families of singularities (cyclic quotients, sandwiched singularities).
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Némethi, A. (2013). Some Meeting Points of Singularity Theory and Low Dimensional Topology. In: Némethi, A., Szilárd, á. (eds) Deformations of Surface Singularities. Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39131-6_4
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