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Cayleyian Curve

The Envelope of the lines connecting corresponding points on the Jacobian Curve and Steinerian Curve. The Cayleyian curve of a net of curves of order $n$ has the same Genus (Curve) as the Jacobian Curve and Steinerian Curve and, in general, the class $3n(n-1)$.


References

Coolidge, J. L. A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 150, 1959.




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1999-05-26