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Bifurcations of affine invariants for one-parameter family of generic convex plane curves

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan

Abstract

We study affine invariants of plane curves from the view point of the singularity theory of smooth functions. We describe how affine vertices and affine inflexions are created and destroyed.

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Banach Center Publications
1999/50/1
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Pages:
227-236
Main language of publication
English
Published
1999
Exact and natural sciences