Choosing points on cubic plane curves: rigidity and flexibility

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Hauptverfasser: Banerjee, Ishan, Chen, Weiyan
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author Banerjee, Ishan
Chen, Weiyan
author_facet Banerjee, Ishan
Chen, Weiyan
contents Every smooth cubic plane curve has 9 flex points and 27 sextatic points. We study the following question asked by Farb: Is it true that the known algebraic structures give all the possible ways to continuously choose $n$ distinct points on every smooth cubic plane curve, for each given positive integer $n$? We give an affirmative answer to the question when $n=9$ and 18 (the smallest open cases), and a negative answer for infinitely many $n$'s.
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spellingShingle Choosing points on cubic plane curves: rigidity and flexibility
Banerjee, Ishan
Chen, Weiyan
Algebraic Geometry
Geometric Topology
55R10 (primary), 55R80, 14H50 (secondary)
Every smooth cubic plane curve has 9 flex points and 27 sextatic points. We study the following question asked by Farb: Is it true that the known algebraic structures give all the possible ways to continuously choose $n$ distinct points on every smooth cubic plane curve, for each given positive integer $n$? We give an affirmative answer to the question when $n=9$ and 18 (the smallest open cases), and a negative answer for infinitely many $n$'s.
title Choosing points on cubic plane curves: rigidity and flexibility
topic Algebraic Geometry
Geometric Topology
55R10 (primary), 55R80, 14H50 (secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03824