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Singularities of Plane Algebraic Curves

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dc.date.accessioned 2021-09-29T05:32:42Z
dc.date.available 2021-09-29T05:32:42Z
dc.date.issued 2021-09-29
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/38060
dc.title Singularities of Plane Algebraic Curves en
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
dct.creator Härkönen, Robert Mattias
dct.issued 2021
dct.abstract Plane algebraic curves are defined as zeroes of polynomials in two variables over some given field. If a point on a plane algebraic curve has a unique tangent line passing through it, the point is called simple. Otherwise, it is a singular point or a singularity. Singular points exhibit very different algebraic and topological properties, and the objective of this thesis is to study these properties using methods of commutative algebra, complex analysis and topology. In chapter 2, some preliminaries from classical algebraic geometry are given, and plane algebraic curves and their singularities are formally defined. Curves and their points are linked to corresponding coordinate rings and local rings. It is shown that a point is simple if and only if its corresponding local ring is a discrete valuation ring. In chapter 3, the Newton-Puiseux algorithm is introduced. The algorithm outputs fractional power series known as Puiseux expansions, which are shown to produce parametrizations of the local branches of a curve around a singular point. In chapter 4, Puiseux expansions are used to study the topology of complex plane algebraic curves. Around singularities, curves are shown to have an iterated torus knot structure which is, up to homotopy, determined by invariants known as Puiseux pairs. en
dct.subject singularity
dct.subject plane curve
dct.subject Puiseux
dct.subject torus knot
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ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.ethesis E-thesisID:ea2e3288-61ce-49f3-938c-a9c5954a05b0
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202109293765
dc.type.dcmitype Text
ethesis.facultystudyline Matematiikka fi
ethesis.facultystudyline Mathematics en
ethesis.facultystudyline Matematik sv
ethesis.facultystudyline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/SH50_050
ethesis.mastersdegreeprogram Matematiikan ja tilastotieteen maisteriohjelma fi
ethesis.mastersdegreeprogram Master's Programme in Mathematics and Statistics en
ethesis.mastersdegreeprogram Magisterprogrammet i matematik och statistik sv
ethesis.mastersdegreeprogram.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/MH50_001

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