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Chasles-Cayley-Brill Formula

The number of coincidences of a $(\nu,\nu')$ correspondence of value $\gamma$ on a curve of Genus $p$ is given by

\begin{displaymath}
\nu+\nu'+2p\gamma.
\end{displaymath}

See also Zeuthen's Theorem


References

Coolidge, J. L. A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 129, 1959.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26