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arxiv: 1001.1200 · v3 · submitted 2010-01-08 · 🧮 math.DG

Singularities of Blaschke normal maps of convex surfaces

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keywords affineblaschkeconvexnegativenormalswallowtailsdeterminantdifference
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We prove that the difference between the numbers of positive swallowtails and negative swallowtails of the Blaschke normal map for a given convex surface in affine space is equal to the Euler number of the subset where the affine shape operator has negative determinant.

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