Tangents to a multiple plane curve (Q1057501)

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Tangents to a multiple plane curve
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    The limiting behavior of the tangents and the flexes are computed as a reduced plane curve degenerates into a multiplicity n plane curve. The main result is that the limit of the flexes are the flexes of the reduced limit curve, the tangents to the reduced limit curve at the base points, and the tangents to the ''first derivative'' of the deformation at the base points, with multiplicities n, 2n-1, and n-2, respectively.
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    dual curve
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    plane curve
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    flexes
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