On multiple points of plane algebraic curves (Q759808)

We associate to any point P of multiplicity \(\mu\) on a complex plane algebraic curve \(C\subset P_ 2{\mathbb{C}}\) of order n, a sequence of \(\mu\)- 1 natural integers \(n_ 2,n_ 3,...,n_{\mu}\), defined as follows. Let \(D_ 2\) denote the discriminant hypersurface in \(P_ n{\mathbb{C}}\) and \(D_ 3,...,D_{\mu}\) the subvarieties of \(D_ 2\) correspondent to triple,...,\(\mu\)-ple roots; then \(n_ i\) is the intersection multiplicity, at the point of \(\Gamma\) which corresponds to P, of \(D_ i\) with a certain rational curve \(\Gamma \subset P_ n{\mathbb{C}}\) naturally associated with C. The explicit computation of \(n_ 2,...,n_{\mu}\) is made by means of a suitable parameter representation of the varieties \(D_ i\) which also enables in particular the determination of their orders. Finally we apply the algorithm for \(n_ 2\) to compute the class of C when the singularities are of three certain types, and to the classification of double points.