Singularities in any Characteristic

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Authors: Gert–Martin Greuel
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Abstract

We give an overview of the fundamental definitions and results concerning hypersurface singularities, defined by convergent power series over an arbitrary real valued field. This approach combines, on the one hand, the classical case of analytic power series over the complex numbers with formal power series over arbitrary fields, but on the other hand, it goes significantly beyond that. Besides general definitions and basic results, we report on the classification of contact simple and right simple singularities in positive characteristic. Some of the results are new in this general setting, for which we provide complete proofs.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis Commutative Algebra and Its Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
2 February 2026
Document type
Preprint