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Chebyshevskii Sb., 2023 Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 122–138 (Mi cheb1328)

Constant rations for inflection points of a cubic curve with a node or an acnode

L. N. Romakina

Saratov N. G. Chernyshevsky State University (Saratov)

Abstract: In this paper, projective invariants of cubic curves with a node or an acnode are obtained. It is proved that on the projective plane every two inflection points of a cubic curve with a node (acnode) are in an equianharmonic ratio with the points of tangents of the given curve at its node (acnode) located on the line containing these inflection points. And every three inflection points of such a curve are in a quasi-anharmonic ratio with the point on tangent of this curve at its node (acnode) located on the line containing these inflection points.
It is established that, on the projective plane, the family of all crunodal (acnodal) cubics defined up to a projective transformation, is two-parametric.
It is proved that four lines containing the node (acnode) of a cubic, namely: the line of the inflection points, the tangent and pseudotangent to the curve at the inflection point, the tangent to the curve at the point conjugate to the inflection point, are in a constant cross ratio equal to $-3$. Based on this fact, a number of properties of cubic curves with a node (acnode) in the Euclidean plane $E_2$ are substantiated. Let us present some of the proved properties, denoting the cubic curve by the symbol $\sigma$, and its node or acnode by the symbol $I$.

Keywords: cubic curve, inflection point, node of a cubic curve, acnode of a cubic curve.

UDC: 512.772

Received: 27.10.2022
Accepted: 12.09.2023

DOI: 10.22405/2226-8383-2023-24-3-122-138



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