Peter John Giblin is an English

England

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 mathematician

Mathematician

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 whose primary research involves singularity theory

Singularity theory

-The notion of singularity:In mathematics, singularity theory is the study of the failure of manifold structure. A loop of string can serve as an example of a one-dimensional manifold, if one neglects its width. What is meant by a singularity can be seen by dropping it on the floor...

 and its application to geometry

Geometry

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, computer vision

Computer vision

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, and computer graphics

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. Giblin is an emeritus

Emeritus

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 professor of mathematics at the University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

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 where he has served on staff for more than 40 years. His positions at Liverpool have included Head of Department (of mathematical sciences), and Head of Division (of pure mathematics

Pure mathematics

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).

He is the author or co–author of eight published books, some of which have been translated into Russian

Russian language

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. The foreword

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 for the Russian translation of his book Curves and Singularities was written by V. I. Arnold. Giblin has also authored or co–authored over a hundred peer review

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ed published articles. The first of these was published in 1968.