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Trott Curve

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TrottCurve

The Trott curve is a simple example of a quartic curve having 28 real bitangents-the maximum possible for a quartic-given by the equation

12^2(x^4+y^4)-15^2(x^2+y^2)+350x^2y^2+81=0

(Trott 1997).

See also

Bitangent, Quartic Curve

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References

Trott, M. "Applying GroebnerBasis to Three Problems in Geometry." Mathematica Educ. Res. 6, 15-28, 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Trott Curve." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrottCurve.html

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