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Chasles's Theorem


If two projective pencils of curves of orders n and n^' have no common curve, the locus of the intersections of corresponding curves of the two is a curve of order n+n^' through all the centers of either pencil. Conversely, if a curve of order n+n^' contains all centers of a pencil of order n to the multiplicity demanded by Noether's fundamental theorem, then it is the locus of the intersections of corresponding curves of this pencil and one of order n^' projective therewith.


See also

Noether's Fundamental Theorem, Pencil

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References

Coolidge, J. L. A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 33, 1959.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Chasles's Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChaslessTheorem.html

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