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Singular Variety


A singular variety is an algebraic variety having at least one singular point. Equivalently, it is a variety that is not smooth everywhere. The set of its singular points is its singular locus, the complement of the smooth locus.


See also

Singular Point, Smooth Locus, Smooth Variety

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Singular Variety." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SingularVariety.html

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