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On the higher singularities of plane algebraic curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

C. A. Scott
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1. During the last sixty years the principal questions presented by the higher singularities of plane algebraic curves have been completely solved, and definite results obtained. The two most successful lines of research have been by expansions and quadratic transformation. By each method it has been shown that a higher singularity may be looked upon as containing concealed or “latent” multiple points or lines in addition to those immediately recognized; and from each, with the help of small quantities, has been constructed a topological explanation of these latent multiple elements, which are accounted for as situated in the immediate vicinity of the point and line base of the singularity. Further, by each method it has been proved that as regards the numerical relations known as Plvicker's equations a singularity produces the same effect as a definite number of nodes, cusps, bitangents, and stationary tangents.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , July 1926 , pp. 206 - 232
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1926

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