V. On plane cubics
Author(s) -
Charlotte Angas Scott
Publication year - 1894
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1893.0086
Subject(s) - hessian matrix , quadratic equation , tangent , mathematics , point (geometry) , polar , plane (geometry) , harmonic , cubic function , symmetry (geometry) , cubic surface , mathematical analysis , geometry , pure mathematics , combinatorics , physics , quantum mechanics
In this paper the first few sections are devoted to certain constructions for the cubic, its Hessian, and its Cayleyan. Assuming three collinear inflexions for the cubic, and the tangents at these points,i. e ., eight conditions, one more point determines the cubic, and, consequently, also the Hessian and Cayleyan. Taking this point on one of the known harmonic polars, the remaining two points in which the harmonic polar meets the cubic are found by a quadratic construction, and triangular symmetry completes the determination of the cubic; the inflexional tangents to the Hessian and the cusps on the Cayleyan are found by linear constructions; and the pairs of points in which these curves are met by the harmonic polar, by quadratic constructions.
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