TY - BOOK AU - Stevens,Jan TI - Deformations of singularities SN - 3540005609 U1 - 514.74 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Deformations of singularities N1 - Introduction.- Deformations of singularities.- Standard bases.- Infinitesimal deformations.- Example: the fat point of multiplicity four.- Deformations of algebras.- Formal deformation theory.- Deformations of compact manifolds.- How to solve the deformation equation.- Convergence for isolated singularities.- Quotient singularities.- The projection method.- Formats.- Smoothing components of curves.- Kollár's conjectures.- Cones over curves.- The versal deformation of hyperelliptic cones.- References ER -