On A_k-singularity on a plane curve of fixed degree

Abstract: Let

k (d)

be the maximal possible integer

k

such that there exists a plane curve of degree

d

with an

A_{k}

--singularity. We construct a plane curve of degree

28 s + 9

(

) which has an

A_{k}

--singularity with

k = 420 s^{2} + 269 s + 42

. Therefore one has

u n d e r l i n e {l i m}_{d o i n f t y} k (d) / d^{2} g e 15 / 28

(pay attention that

15 / 28 > 1 / 2

).

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