# Interesting Esoterica

• Published in 2016
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This is neither an elementary introduction to singularity theory nor a specialized treatise containing many new theorems. The purpose of this little book is to invite the reader on a mathematical promenade. We will pay a visit to Hipparchus, Newton and Gauss, but also to many contemporary mathematicians. We will play with a bit of algebra, topology, geometry, complex analysis and computer science. Hopefully, some motivated undergraduates and some more advanced mathematicians will enjoy some of these panoramas.

## Comment

A delight!

### BibTeX entry

@article{ASingularMathematicalPromenade,
title = {A Singular Mathematical Promenade},
abstract = {This is neither an elementary introduction to singularity theory nor a
specialized treatise containing many new theorems. The purpose of this little
book is to invite the reader on a mathematical promenade. We will pay a visit
to Hipparchus, Newton and Gauss, but also to many contemporary mathematicians.
We will play with a bit of algebra, topology, geometry, complex analysis and
computer science. Hopefully, some motivated undergraduates and some more
advanced mathematicians will enjoy some of these panoramas.},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.06373v1 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1612.06373v1},
author = {Etienne Ghys},
comment = {A delight!},
urldate = {2016-12-22},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1612.06373},
primaryClass = {math.AG},
collections = {History},
year = 2016
}