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Puiseaux's Theorem

The whole neighborhood of any point $y_i$ of an algebraic Plane Curve may be uniformly represented by a certain finite number of convergent developments in Power Series,

\begin{displaymath}
x_i=\rho_\nu y_i+a_{\nu i1}t_\nu+a_{\nu i2}{t_\nu}^2+\ldots.
\end{displaymath}


References

Coolidge, J. L. A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 207, 1959.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26