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Complex planar curves homeomorphic to a line have at most four singular points

Algebraic Geometry 2020-03-17 v2 Algebraic Topology Complex Variables

Abstract

We show that a complex planar curve homeomorphic to the projective line has at most four singular points. If it has exactly four then it has degree five and is unique up to a projective equivalence.

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@article{arxiv.1905.11376,
  title  = {Complex planar curves homeomorphic to a line have at most four singular points},
  author = {Mariusz Koras and Karol Palka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.11376},
  year   = {2020}
}

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35 pages