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Affine focal set

In mathematics, and especially affine differential geometry, the affine focal set of a smooth submanifold ''M'' embedded in a smooth manifold ''N'' is the caustic generated by the affine normal lines. It can be realised as the bifurcation set of a certain family of functions. The bifurcation set is the set of parameter values of the family which yield functions with degenerate singularities. This is not the same as the bifurcation diagram in dynamical systems.
Let us assume that ''M'' is an ''n''-dimensional smooth hypersurface in real (''n''+1)-space. We assume that ''M'' has no points where the second fundamental form is degenerate. We recall from the article affine differential geometry that there is a unique transverse vector field over ''M''. This is the affine normal vector field, or the Blaschke normal field. A special (i.e. det = 1) affine transformation of real (''n'' + 1)-space will carry the affine normal vector field of ''M'' onto the affine normal vector field of the image of ''M'' under the transformation.
== Geometric interpretation ==
Let us consider a local parametrisation of ''M''. Let U \subset \mathbb^ be an open neighbourhood of 0 with coordinates \bold = (u_1,\ldots,u_n), and let \bold : U \to \mathbb^ be a smooth parametrisation of ''M'' in a neighbourhood of one of its points.
The affine normal vector field will be denoted by \bold. At each point of ''M'' it is transverse to the tangent space of ''M'', i.e.
: \bold : U \to T_\mathbb^. \,
For a fixed \bold_0 \in U the affine normal line to ''M'' at \bold(\bold_0) may be parametrised by ''t'' where
: t \mapsto \bold(\bold_0) + t \bold(\bold_0).
The affine focal set is given geometrically as the infinitesimal intersections of the ''n''-parameter family of affine normal lines. To calculate this we choose an affine normal line, say at point ''p''; then we look at the affine normal lines at points infinitesimally close to ''p'' an see if any intersect the one at ''p''. If we choose a point infinitesimally close to \bold \in U, then it may be expressed as \bold + d\bold where d\bold represents the infinitesimal difference. Thus \bold(\bold) and \bold(\bold + d\bold) will be our ''p'' and its neighbour.
For ''t'' and d\bold we try to solve
: \bold(\bold) + t \bold(\bold) = \bold(\bold + d\bold) + t \bold(\bold + d\bold).
This can be done by using power series expansions, and is not too difficult; it is lengthy and has thus been omitted.
We recall from the article affine differential geometry that the affine shape operator ''S'' is a type (1,1)-tensor field on ''M'', and is given by Sv = D_v\bold, where ''D'' is the covariant derivative on real (''n'' + 1)-space (for those well read: it is the usual flat and torsion free connexion).
We find that the solutions to \bold(\bold) + t \bold(\bold) = \bold(\bold + d\bold) + t \bold(\bold + d\bold) are when 1/''t'' is an eigenvalue of ''S'' and that d\bold is a corresponding eigenvector. The eigenvalues of ''S'' are not always distinct: there may be repeated roots, there may be complex roots, and ''S'' may not always be diagonalisable. For 0 \le k \le (), where () denotes the greatest integer function, there will generically be (''n'' − 2''k'')-pieces of the affine focal set above each point ''p''. The −2''k'' corresponds to pairs of eigenvalues becoming complex (like the solution to x^2 + a = 0 as ''a'' changes from negative to positive).
The affine focal set need not be made up of smooth hypersurfaces. In fact, for a generic hypersurface ''M'', the affine focal set will have singularities. The singularities could be found by calculation, but that may be difficult, and we still have no idea of what the singularity looks like up to diffeomorphism. If we use some singularity theory then we get much more information.

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