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Bi-Lipschitz geometry of complex surface singularities

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We discuss the bi-Lipschitz geometry of an isolated singular point of a complex surface with particular emphasis on when it is metrically conical.

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  1. Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Picici, Bloco 914, CEP. 60455-760, Fortaleza-Ce, Brasil

    Lev Birbrair & Alexandre Fernandes

  2. Department of Mathematics, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Walter D. Neumann

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Birbrair, L., Fernandes, A. & Neumann, W.D. Bi-Lipschitz geometry of complex surface singularities. Geom Dedicata 139, 259–267 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-008-9333-2

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