Computing the characteristic numbers of the variety of nodal plane cubics in \(\mathbb P^3\) (Q2457417)

From the authors' abstract: In this note we obtain, phrased in present day geometric and computational frameworks, the characteristic numbers of the family \(U_{\text{nod}}\) of non-degenerate nodal plane cubics in \(\mathbb{P}^3\), first obtained by \textit{H. Schubert} [Kalkül der abzählenden Geometrie, Teubner (1879; JFM 11.0460.01), Reprint Springer (1979; Zbl 0417.51008)]. The main geometric contribution is a detailed study of a variety \(X_{\text{nod}}\), which is a compactification of the family \(U_{\text{nod}}\), including the boundary components (degenerations) and a generalization to \(\mathbb{P}^3\) of a formula of \textit{H. G. Zeuthen} [Kjobenhavn. Vidensk. Selsk. :(5) IV. 287--393 (1872; JFM 05.0327.01)] for nodal cubics in \(\mathbb{P}^2\). The computations have been carried out with the WIRIS boost WIT.