The isotopy classification of affine quartic curves

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 255-347

  Korchagin, Anatoly B ^a   Weinberg, David A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic curve; Isotopyclassifi cation; Quartic curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036520657     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1030539619     Document Type: Article

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