Contents §1. An apologia for Applied Mathematics §2. Theorems on four cusps §3. The Hurwitz-Kellogg-Tabachnikov theorem of Sturm type §4. Trigonometric approximations §5. Lagrangian intersections in symplectic topology §6. Legendrian links in contact topology §7. Lagrangian collapse and the cusps of caustics §8. Legendrian collapse and the cusps of fronts §9. Space curves and their points of flattening §10. Vertices of convex space curves §11. Applications to the theory of extatic points of plane curves §12. Multidimensional generalizations of Sturm theory
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