We study the critical points of the normal map v : NM -> Rk+n, where M is an immersed k-dimensional submanifold of Rk+n, NM is the normal bundle of M and v(m, u) = m + u if u is an element of NmM. Usually, the image of ...
García Monera, María(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-05-29)
[EN] Classically, the study of the contact with hyperplanes and hyperspheres has been realized by using the family of height and distance squared functions. On the first part of the thesis, we analyze the Taylor expansion ...