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A surface containing a line and a circle through each point is a quadric

Algebraic Geometry 2014-01-28 v2

Abstract

We prove that a surface in real 3-space containing a line and a circle through each point is a quadric. We also give some particular results on the classification of surfaces containing several circles through each point.

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@article{arxiv.1110.2338,
  title  = {A surface containing a line and a circle through each point is a quadric},
  author = {Fedor Nilov and Mikhail Skopenkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.2338},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Improved exposition, 4 figures added

R2 v1 2026-06-21T19:18:29.472Z