Singularities : the Brieskorn anniversary volume ; [a conference in honour of the 60th birthday of Egbert Brieskorn, held in July 1996 at the Mathematische Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach

In July 1996, a conference was organized by the editors of this volume at the Mathematische Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach to honour Egbert Brieskorn on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Most of the mathematicians invited to the conference have been influenced in one way or another by Brieskorn's work in singularity theory. It was the first time that so many people from the Russian school could be present at a conference in singularity theory outside Russia. This volume contains papers on singularity theory and its applications, written by participants of the conference. In many cases, they are extended versions of the talks presented there. The diversity of subjects of the contributions reflects singularity theory's relevance to topology, analysis and geometry, combining ideas and techniques from all of these fields, as well as demonstrating the breadth of Brieskorn's own interests. This volume contains papers on singularity theory and its applications, written by participants of the conference. In many cases, they are extended versions of the talks presented there. The diversity of subjects of the contributions reflects singularity theory's relevance to topology, analysis and geometry, combining ideas and techniques from all of these fields, as well as demonstrates the breadth of Brieskorn's own interests. This volume contains papers on singularity theory and its applications, written by participants of a conference organized to honour mathematician, Egbert Brieskorn on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The representation theory of curve singularities (more precisely, of their local rings) has turned out to be closely related to their deformation properties.