Singularities

What is a singularity?

Lay person's explanation
A-level explanation
First year undergraduate explanation
Here is a simple singularity produced by t->(t2,t3). The curve has a singularity at the origin and is called a cusp.

Seeing Singularities

Seeing singularities text

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Dr. Kevin Houston
School of Mathematics
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
U.K.
email:khouston@amsta.leeds.ac.uk