Approximate symmetries of planar algebraic curves with inexact input (Q2301238)

Detection and computation of symmetries of curves are topics that have been studied for many years and that have currently received a strong boost. As the authors say in the abstract, the goal of this paper is ``to provide an approximate reconstruction method of an inexact planar curve, which is assumed to be a perturbation of some unknown planar curve with symmetry''. This method works with planar algebraic curves using an Hermitian complex representation of their implicit equations. Starting from a curve given by a perturbed polynomial, the algorithm finds an approximate center of symmetry and a particular regular \(m\)-gon whose group of symmetries is isomorphic to that of the original curve. Finally, the algorithm reconstructs the original curve choosing a suitable symmetric curve ``close'' to the perturbed one among all the algebraic curves having this center of symmetry and this given associated \(m\)-gon. Several examples illustrate the method.