Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
403380 Journal of Symbolic Computation 2007 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper we introduce the notion of local shape to describe the behavior of a real place of an algebraic curve around its center. We analyze how the local shape is affected by the offsetting process, and we relate this phenomenon to the curvature of the curve. Furthermore, we characterize the situations when the offsetting process behaves locally well, so that the local shape is preserved.

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