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  2. Singularity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A coordinate singularity occurs when an apparent singularity or discontinuity occurs in one coordinate frame, which can be removed by choosing a different frame. An example of this is the apparent singularity at the 90 degree latitude in spherical coordinates. An object moving due north (for example, along the line 0 degrees longitude) on the ...

  3. Singular function - Wikipedia

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    When discussing mathematical analysis in general, or more specifically real analysis or complex analysis or differential equations, it is common for a function which contains a mathematical singularity to be referred to as a 'singular function'. This is especially true when referring to functions which diverge to infinity at a point or on a ...

  4. Resolution of singularities - Wikipedia

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    Repeatedly blowing up the singular points of a curve will eventually resolve the singularities. The main task with this method is to find a way to measure the complexity of a singularity and to show that blowing up improves this measure. There are many ways to do this. For example, one can use the arithmetic genus of the curve.

  5. Singularity function - Wikipedia

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    Singularity functions are a class of discontinuous functions that contain singularities, i.e., they are discontinuous at their singular points. Singularity functions have been heavily studied in the field of mathematics under the alternative names of generalized functions and distribution theory .

  6. Cusp (singularity) - Wikipedia

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    Consider a smooth real-valued function of two variables, say f (x, y) where x and y are real numbers.So f is a function from the plane to the line. The space of all such smooth functions is acted upon by the group of diffeomorphisms of the plane and the diffeomorphisms of the line, i.e. diffeomorphic changes of coordinate in both the source and the target.

  7. Residue (complex analysis) - Wikipedia

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    For a meromorphic function, with a finite set of singularities within a positively oriented simple closed curve which does not pass through any singularity, the value of the contour integral is given according to residue theorem, as: = = ⁡ (,) ⁡ (,). where ⁡ (,), the winding number, is if is in the interior of and if not, simplifying to ...

  8. Cauchy principal value - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the type of singularity in the integrand f, the Cauchy principal value is defined according to the following rules: . For a singularity at a finite number b + [() + + ()] with < < and where b is the difficult point, at which the behavior of the function f is such that = for any < and = for any >.

  9. Pinch point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Section of the Whitney umbrella, an example of pinch point singularity.. In geometry, a pinch point or cuspidal point is a type of singular point on an algebraic surface.. The equation for the surface near a pinch point may be put in the form