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We explore two investigations in singularity theory in which mathematical visualisation played an important part in the proof. We also describe a computer package which has been used to aid the experimental investigation of singularity theory and outline some of the computational problems involved in rendering singular surfaces.
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Morris, R.J. (1997). The Use of Computer Graphics for Solving Problems in Singularity Theory. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K. (eds) Visualization and Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59195-2_4
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