Elliptic Umbilic Catastrophe (original) (raw)

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A catastrophe which can occur for three control factors and two behavior axes. The elliptical umbilic is catastrophe of codimension 3 that has the equation .

See also

Catastrophe Theory, Hyperbolic Umbilic Catastrophe

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References

Sanns, W. Catastrophe Theory with Mathematica: A Geometric Approach. Germany: DAV, 2000.

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Elliptic Umbilic Catastrophe

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Elliptic Umbilic Catastrophe." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticUmbilicCatastrophe.html

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• Calculus and Analysis
• Catastrophe Theory