On certain classes of curve singulariries with reduced tangent cone (Q4934124)

Let \(P_1, \dots, P_s\) be a set of distinct points of the projective space \(\mathbb{P}^n\). \textit{A. V. Geramita} and \textit{F. Orecchia} have shown [J. Algebra 78, 36-57 (1982; Zbl 0502.14001)] that it is always possible to construct a rational curve \(C_{P_1, \cdots, P_s}\) in \(\mathbb{A}^{n+1}\) having at the origin an \(s\)-fold ordinary singularity, whose projective tangent cone is exactly \(\{P_1, \cdots, P_s\}\); they also asked the question whether the tangent cone to \(C_{P_1, \cdots, P_s}\) at the origin were always reduced. In the present paper the author gives a complete answer: He finds some conditions under which the tangent cone is reduced and presents an example of a curve in \(\mathbb{A}^3\) of type \(C_{P_1, \cdots, P_6}\) having non-reduced tangent cone.