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Bitangents of plane quartics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.P. Glass
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Abstract

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The topic dealt with in this paper arose out of a study of theta functions and the moduli of curves. It concerns itself with configurations of lines in the plane and when they can be bitangents to a quartic. The techniques used are classical.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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