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Fibers of generic smooth maps between manifolds of equal dimension

I have heard that the following is a "well-known" Claim. Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds with equal dimensions and $M$ compact. Then a generic smooth map $f\colon M\to N$ has finite ...
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Orbifolds are Thom-Mather stratified spaces

Where can I find a proof of (or if it is even true) that an (effective) orbifold is a Thom-Mather stratified space? edit: after some search, I found the proof should be contained in either GIBSON, C....
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singular metric (with essential singularity)

Working on some $Q$-curvature equation in dimension $4$, I have been faced with singular metric of the form $(\mathbb{B}, e^{-1/\vert x\vert ^2} \vert dx\vert)$. I try to figure out to what those ...
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A geometric characterization of smooth points of a complex algebraic variety

Let $X^m\subset \mathbb{C}^n$ be an irreducible $m$-dimensional complex algebraic subvariety. Let $\mathbb{C}^n$ be equipped with the standard Hermitian metric. Fix an arbitrary point $p\in X$. Let $...
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