SUMS: Zhu -- Resolution of Monomials on Manifolds with Corners

A sum of smooth, monomial functions may not behave smoothly near the corners of a
manifold.  These issues may, however, be resolved by a finite sequence of ’blow ups’ on
the manifold.  In this talk, the concept of a fan is introduced and used to prove the
existence of such a resolution in the case of a single corner.