Normal crossing singularity

In algebraic geometry, a normal crossing singularity looks locally like a union of coordinate hyperplanes. There are two variants of the concept, a divisor with normal crossings or with simple normal crossings. These can be considered the simplest kind of singularities. Several theorems on resolution of singularities relate an arbitrary variety to a divisor with simple normal crossings in a smooth variety.

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