• In mathematics, Milnor maps are named in honor of John Milnor, who introduced them to topology and algebraic geometry in his book Singular Points of Complex...
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    John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional...
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  • curvature Milnor construction Milnor K-theory Milnor fibration Milnor invariants Milnor manifold Milnor map Milnor–Moore theorem Milnor number Milnor ring...
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    3 = 0 {\displaystyle z^{2}+w^{3}=0} . Then this fiber bundle has the Milnor map ϕ ( z , w ) = ( z 2 + w 3 ) / | z 2 + w 3 | {\displaystyle \phi (z...
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  • Exotic sphere (redirect from Milnor sphere)
    (hence the name "exotic"). The first exotic spheres were constructed by John Milnor (1956) in dimension n = 7 {\displaystyle n=7} as S 3 {\displaystyle S^{3}}...
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    multiplicity two and the tangent cone is not singular outside its vertex. Milnor map Resolution of singularities Singular point of a curve Singularity theory...
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  • mathematics, Milnor K-theory is an algebraic invariant (denoted K ∗ ( F ) {\displaystyle K_{*}(F)} for a field F {\displaystyle F} ) defined by John Milnor (1970)...
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    isolated critical point of a real-polynomial map F: R4→R2, so (according to a theorem of John Milnor) the Milnor map of F is actually a fibration. Bernard Perron...
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  • mathematical subject of geometric group theory, the Švarc–Milnor lemma (sometimes also called Milnor–Švarc lemma, with both variants also sometimes spelling...
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  • topology, the Milnor–Wood inequality is an obstruction to endow circle bundles over surfaces with a flat structure. It is named after John Milnor and John...
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