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Five Definitions of Critical Point at Infinity

alg-geom 2008-02-03 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

This survey paper discusses five equivalent ways of defining a ``critical point at infinity'' for a complex polynomial of two variables.

Cite

@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9702019,
  title  = {Five Definitions of Critical Point at Infinity},
  author = {Alan H. Durfee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9702019},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

20 pages, Latex, 4 figures

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