The limit point and the T-function

Solving polynomial systems; resultants (13P15) Singularities of curves, local rings (14H20) Computational aspects of algebraic curves (14Q05) Symbolic computation and algebraic computation (68W30)

Abstract: Let

c a l P (t) i n B b b K (t)^{n}

be a rational parametrization of an algebraic space curve

c a l C

. In this paper, we introduce the notion of limit point,

P_{L}

, of the given parametrization

m a t h c a l P (t)

, and some remarkable properties of

P_{L}

are obtained. In addition, we generalize the results in cite{MyB-2017} concerning the T--function,

T (s)

, which is defined by means of a univariate resultant. More precisely, independently on whether the limit point is regular or not, we show that

T (s) = p r o d_{i = 1}^{n} H_{P_{i}} (s)^{m_{i} - 1}

. The polynomials

H_{P_{i}} (s),, i = 1, l d o t s, n

are the fibre functions, and its roots are the fibre of the ordinary singularities

P_{i} i n c a l C

of multiplicity

m_{i},, i = 1, l d o t s, n

. Thus, a complete classification of the singularities of a given space curve, via the factorization of a resultant, is obtained.

Review text

The paper brings a computational method for analyzing singularities of a parametrically given projective plane curve. More precisely, the authors consider a regular map $\mathbb{A}^1\to\mathcal{C}$ of degree 1 giving a proper parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$ of a plane projective curve. For each point $P$ of the curve, the \textit{fibre function} is defined. It is a polynomial and its roots are the preimages (with proper multiplicities) of $P$ in the parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$. The exception is the case when the point $P$ is the image of the point obtained by the projective completion of the parameter space $\mathbb{A}^1$ (in this case the point $P$ is called the \textit{limit point}), and this issue is addressed by the paper. Based on the parametrization $\mathcal{P}(t)$ also a \textit{$T$-function} is defined and it gives information about all singularities of the given curve $\mathcal{C}$, provided the singularities are ordinary. Again, the authors deal with the problematic case when the limit point is singular. At the end, the algorithm is compared to other known methods in the literature. The paper refers to the previous work of the authors [\textit{A. Blasco} and \textit{S. Pérez-Díaz}, ``Resultants and singularities of parametric curves, \url{arXiv:1706.08430}], where the case of the limit point being a regular point of $\mathcal{C}$ is solved.

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