Real Zeuthen numbers for two lines
Algebraic Geometry
2007-10-08 v1
Abstract
Given three natural numbers such that , the Zeuthen number is the number of nonsingular complex algebraic curves of degree passing through points and tangent to lines in . It does not depend on the generic configuration of points and lines chosen. If the points and lines are real, the corresponding number of real curves usually depends on the configuration chosen. We use Mikhalkin's tropical correspondence theorem to prove that for two lines the real Zeuthen problem is maximal: there exists a configuration such that . The correspondence theorem reduces the computation to counting certain lattice paths with multiplicities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.1095,
title = {Real Zeuthen numbers for two lines},
author = {Benoit Bertrand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1095},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures