In the analysis of singularities, uniqueness of limits often arises as an important question: that is, whether the geometry depends on the scales one takes to approach the singularity. In his seminal work, Simon demonstrated that Lojasiewicz inequalities, originally known in real algebraic geometry in finite dimensions, can be applied to show uniqueness of limits in geometric analysis in infinite dimensional settings. We will discuss some instances of this very successful technique and its applications.
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