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On pairs of regular foliations in \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) and singularities of map-germs

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We study germs of pairs of codimension one regular foliations in \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) . We show that the discriminant of the pair determines the topological type of the pair. We also consider various classifications of the singularities of the discriminant.

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Martins, L.F., Oliveira, R.D.S. & Tari, F. On pairs of regular foliations in \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) and singularities of map-germs. Geom Dedicata 135, 103–118 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-008-9265-x

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