Timeline for Singular points of an orbit space
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 18:06 | comment | added | Surgical Commander | In the example of a cone, the symmetry is rotation around the origin, and the orbits of the symmetry are then circles. At the tip of the cone, the orbit has degenerated to a single point. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 17:34 | comment | added | ACuriousMind♦ | They are singular because the "manifold" isn't a manifold at that point - just like a cone isn't a manifold at its tip. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 17:33 | history | asked | ajctt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |