Degree and class of caustics by reflection for a generic source
Algebraic Geometry
2013-01-10 v1
Abstract
We are interested in the study of caustics by reflection of irreducible algebraic planar curves (in the complex projective plane). We prove the birationality of the caustic map (for a generic light position). We also give simple formulas for the degree and the class of caustics by reflection valid for any irreducible algebraic curve of degree at least 2 and for a generic light position.
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@article{arxiv.1301.1846,
title = {Degree and class of caustics by reflection for a generic source},
author = {Alfrederic Josse and Francoise Pene},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.1846},
year = {2013}
}
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5 pages