On triangulations of the plane by pencils of conics. II. (Q2848652)

The authors give a complete answer to the extended Blaschke question: Determine all classes of regular three-webs formed by three pencils of conics (for the Blaschke question see Part I [Sb. Math. 198, No. 11, 1637--1663 (2007); translation from Mat. Sb. 198, No. 11, 107--134 (2007; Zbl 1144.53024)]). Up to collineations, there exist 38 types of triangulations of the (real projective) plane by pencils of conics. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINESome words about the method used. If a cubic surface \(V\) is intersected by all planes of three pencils of planes whose three axes \(\ell_1\), \(\ell_2\), \(\ell_3\) are mutually skew and on \(V\), then a three-web on \(V\) is generated. Such webs are called Burau webs. The authors show that each Burau web is regular. If the three axes \(\ell_1\), \(\ell_2\), \(\ell_3\) are in a special situation, then one generates the so-called special Burau webs which in general are not regular. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn the first step of their discussion the authors select from the special Burau webs the regular ones, say \(W_r\). In the second step they apply the fact that in this case -- and only in this case -- there exist singular points on \(V\) which are used as centers of projections onto a plane \(\pi\), bringing forward the regular webs \(\widetilde{W_r}\) in \(\pi\). In the third and last step the authors projectively classify the webs \(\widetilde{W_r}\) found.