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Totally real pencils of cubics with respect to sextics

Algebraic Geometry 2013-03-19 v1

Abstract

A real algebraic plane curve AA is said to be dividing if its real part RA\mathbb{R}A disconnects its complex part CA\mathbb{C}A. A pencil of curves is totally real with respect to AA if it has only real intersections with CA\mathbb{C}A. If there exists such a pencil, then AA is dividing, this is the case for the MM-curves. Can conversely any dividing curve be endowed with a totally real pencil? We study here the case of M2M-2-sextics having 2 or 6 empty exterior ovals. Such sextics are always dividing. We prove that they may actually be endowed with a totally real pencil of cubics.

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@article{arxiv.1303.4341,
  title  = {Totally real pencils of cubics with respect to sextics},
  author = {Séverine Fiedler-Le Touzé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.4341},
  year   = {2013}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures