Splitting Deformations of Degenerations of Complex Curves

Basic Notions and Ideas.- Splitting Deformations of Degenerations.- What is a barking?.- Semi-Local Barking Deformations: Ideas and Examples.- Global Barking Deformations: Ideas and Examples.- Deformations of Tubular Neighborhoods of Branches.- Deformations of Tubular Neighborhoods of Branches (Preparation).- Construction of Deformations by Tame Subbranches.- Construction of Deformations of type Al.- Construction of Deformations by Wild Subbranches.- Subbranches of Types Al, Bl, Cl.- Construction of Deformations of Type Bl.- Construction of Deformations of Type Cl.- Recursive Construction of Deformations of Type Cl.- Types Al, Bl, and Cl Exhaust all Cases.- Construction of Deformations by Bunches of Subbranches.- Barking Deformations of Degenerations.- Construction of Barking Deformations (Stellar Case).- Simple Crusts (Stellar Case).- Compound barking (Stellar Case).- Deformations of Tubular Neighborhoods of Trunks.- Construction of Barking Deformations (Constellar Case).- Further Examples.- Singularities of Subordinate Fibers near Cores.- Singularities of Fibers around Cores.- Arrangement Functions and Singularities, I.- Arrangement Functions and Singularities, II.- Supplement.- Classification of Atoms of Genus ? 5.- Classification Theorem.- List of Weighted Crustal Sets for Singular Fibers of Genus ? 5.

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"This is a 590 pages book on deformation theory, using mostly topological methods, but also 'translated' to algebraic geometry and using algebraic methods. ... It is a nice level and should be possible to read. Most commonly, algebraic geometers translate from differential geometry to solve problems. In this book the concept is vice versa: Algebraic methods are used to solve topological problems. Thus this book may at the first glance look elementary for an algebraist, but it is not." (Arvid Siqveland, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1100 (2), 2007)