Symmetric plane curves of degree 7: pseudoholomorphic and algebraic classifications

Symmetric Plane Curves of Degree 7 : Pseudoholomorphic and Algebraic Classifications

This paper is motivated by the real symplectic isotopy problem : does there exist a nonsingular real pseudoholomorphic curve not isotopic in the projective plane to any real algebraic curve of the same degree? Here, we focus our study on symmetric real curves on the projective plane. We give a classification of real schemes (resp. complex schemes) realizable by symmetric real curves of degree 7...

Dual Curves and Pseudoholomorphic Curves

A notion of dual curve for pseudoholomorphic curves in 4–manifolds turns out to be possible only if the notion of almost complex structure structure is slightly generalized. The resulting structure is as easy (perhaps easier) to work with, and yields many analogues of results in complex surface theory, using a description of the local geometry via Cartan’s method of equivalence. Duality then un...

Plane Algebraic Curves

We go over some of the basics of plane algebraic curves, which are planar curves described as the set of solutions of a polynomial in two variables. We study many basic notions, such as projective space, parametrization, and the intersection of two curves. We end with the group law on the cubic and search for torsion points.

Real Plane Algebraic Curves

We study real algebraic plane curves, at an elementary level, using as little algebra as possible. Both cases, affine and projective, are addressed. A real curve is infinite, finite or empty according to the fact that a minimal polynomial for the curve is indefinite, semi–definite nondefinite or definite. We present a discussion about isolated points. By means of the operator, these points can ...

Topology of Plane Algebraic Curves