Bounding the signed count of real bitangents to plane quartics

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Abstract

Using methods from enriched enumerative geometry, Larson and Vogt gave a signed count of the number of real bitangents to real smooth plane quartics. This signed count depends on a choice of a distinguished line. Larson and Vogt proved that this signed count is bounded below by 0, and they conjectured that the signed count is bounded above by 8. We prove this conjecture using real algebraic geometry, plane geometry, and some properties of convex sets.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1003-1013
Number of pages11
JournalManuscripta mathematica
Volume173
Issue number3-4
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85163070505
Mendeley 2065be63-12f5-305d-b051-7ef10e181ef8

Keywords

Keywords

  • 14N10, Primary 14H50, Secondary 14P99