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SINGULARITIES OF HOROSPHERICAL HYPERSURFACES OF CURVES IN HYPERBOLIC 4-SPACE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2011

DONGHE PEI*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, PR China (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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We consider the contact between curves and hyperhorospheres in hyperbolic 4-space as an application of the theory of singularities of functions. We define the osculating hyperhorosphere and the horospherical hypersurface of the curve whose singular points correspond to the locus of polar vectors of osculating hyperhorospheres of the curve. One of the main results is a generic classification of singularities of horospherical hypersurfaces of curves.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 2011

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