Computing real inflection points of cubic algebraic curves

Inflection Points on Real Plane Curves Having Many Pseudo-Lines

A pseudo-line of a real plane curve C is a global real branch of C(R) that is not homologically trivial in P(R). A geometrically integral real plane curve C of degree d has at most d− 2 pseudo-lines, provided that C is not a real projective line. Let C be a real plane curve of degree d having exactly d − 2 pseudo-lines. Suppose that the genus of the normalization of C is equal to d− 2. We show ...

Star points on smooth hypersurfaces

— A point P on a smooth hypersurface X of degree d in PN is called a star point if and only if the intersection of X with the embedded tangent space TP (X) is a cone with vertex P . This notion is a generalization of total inflection points on plane curves and Eckardt points on smooth cubic surfaces in P3. We generalize results on the configuration space of total inflection points on plane curv...

How Many Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part 1: Inflection Points

Cubic parametric curves of given tangent and curvature

We propose a constructive solution to the problem of finding a cubic parametric curve in a plane if the tangent vectors (derivatives with respect to the parameter) and signed curvatures are given at its end-points but the end-points themselves are unknown. We also show how these curves can be applied to construct blending curves subject to curvature, arc length, inflection and area constraints.

Characterization of Planar Cubic Alternative curve

In this paper, we analyze the planar cubic Alternative curve to determine the conditions for convex, loops, cusps and inflection points. Thus cubic curve is represented by linear combination of three control points and basis function that consist of two shape parameters. By using algebraic manipulation, we can determine the constraint of shape parameters and sufficient conditions are derived wh...