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The chapter develops the theory of singular points on plane algebraic curves, using homogeneous coordinates to first and higher polars to a curve, inflections points, the Hessian of curve, and to give a method for finding tangents to a curve.
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Gray, J. (2011). The Mathematical Theory of Plane Curves. In: Worlds Out of Nothing. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-060-1_16
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