The limit point and the T-function (Q2422702)

The paper brings a computational method for analyzing singularities of a parametrically given projective plane curve. More precisely, the authors consider a regular map $\mathbb{A}^1\to\mathcal{C}$ of degree 1 giving a proper parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$ of a plane projective curve. For each point $P$ of the curve, the \textit{fibre function} is defined. It is a polynomial and its roots are the preimages (with proper multiplicities) of $P$ in the parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$. The exception is the case when the point $P$ is the image of the point obtained by the projective completion of the parameter space $\mathbb{A}^1$ (in this case the point $P$ is called the \textit{limit point}), and this issue is addressed by the paper. Based on the parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$ also a \textit{$T$-function} is defined and it gives information about all singularities of the given curve $\mathcal{C}$, provided the singularities are ordinary. Again, the authors deal with the problematic case when the limit point is singular. At the end, the algorithm is compared to other known methods in the literature. The paper refers to the previous work of the authors [\textit{A. Blasco} and \textit{S. Pérez-Díaz}, ``Resultants and singularities of parametric curves'', \url{arXiv:1706.08430}], where the case of the limit point being a regular point of $\mathcal{C}$ is solved.