Singularities and genus of the k-ellipse

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Publication:2229720

DOI10.1016/J.JSC.2020.06.009zbMATH Open1455.14110arXiv1908.01414OpenAlexW3037445175MaRDI QIDQ2229720FDOQ2229720


Authors: Yuhan Jiang, Weiqiao Han Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 18 February 2021

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A k-ellipse is a plane curve consisting of all points whose distances from k fixed foci sum to a constant. We determine the singularities and genus of its Zariski closure in the complex projective plane. The paper resolves an open problem stated by Nie, Parrilo and Sturmfels in 2008.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.01414




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