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Sextactic points on a simple closed curve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Gudlaugur Thorbergsson and
Masaaki Umehara
Gudlaugur Thorbergsson
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 86-90 50931 Köln, Germany, gthorbergsson@mi.uni-koeln.de
Masaaki Umehara
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan, umehara@math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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We give optimal lower bounds for the number of sextactic points on a simple closed curve in the real projective plane. Sextactic points are after inflection points the simplest projectively invariant singularities on such curves. Our method is axiomatic and can be applied in other situations.

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53A1551L1553C7553A25

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Research Article
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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 167 , 2002, pp. 55 - 94
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2002

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