Duality for curves in affine plane geometry (Q1972302)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1436012
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    Duality for curves in affine plane geometry
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1436012

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      Duality for curves in affine plane geometry (English)
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      26 April 2000
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      Given a smooth curve in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), a certain curve in the space of conics is assigned to that first by means of higher order tangency. This assignment defines a duality. The singular points of curves are investigated.
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      duality
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      equiaffine transformation
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      osculating conic
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      Kneser's lemma
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