Five Definitions of Critical Point at Infinity

1997/02/27 by Alan H. Durfee, Durfee, Alan H. · 1 citation
Mathematics · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #FOS: Mathematics #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.alg-geom/9702019

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Abstract

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

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