scholarly journals An Elementary Treatise on the Integral Calculus, containing Applications to Plane Curves and Surfaces; with numerous Examples

Nature ◽  
1881 ◽  
Vol 23 (585) ◽  
pp. 241-241
Keyword(s):  
Plane Curves ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Curves And Surfaces

The method of sweeping tangents

2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (525) ◽  
pp. 396-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom M. Apostol ◽  
Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian
Keyword(s):  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Visual Approach

What is the area of the shaded region between the tyre tracks of a moving bicycle such as that depicted in Figure 1 ? If the tracks are specified, and equations for them are known, the area can be calculated using integral calculus. Surprisingly, the area can be obtained more easily without calculus, regardless of the bike’s path, using a dynamic visual approach called the method of sweeping tangents that does not require equations for the curves.

scholarly journals Conjectures on Stably Newton Degenerate Singularities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Characteristic Zero ◽  
Arbitrary Number ◽  
Milnor Number ◽  
Plane Curves ◽  
Newton Diagram ◽  
Finite Characteristic ◽  
Vanishing Cycles

AbstractWe discuss a problem of Arnold, whether every function is stably equivalent to one which is non-degenerate for its Newton diagram. We argue that the answer is negative. We describe a method to make functions non-degenerate after stabilisation and give examples of singularities where this method does not work. We conjecture that they are in fact stably degenerate, that is not stably equivalent to non-degenerate functions.We review the various non-degeneracy concepts in the literature. For finite characteristic, we conjecture that there are no wild vanishing cycles for non-degenerate singularities. This implies that the simplest example of singularities with finite Milnor number, $$x^p+x^q$$ x p + x q in characteristic p, is not stably equivalent to a non-degenerate function. We argue that irreducible plane curves with an arbitrary number of Puiseux pairs (in characteristic zero) are stably non-degenerate. As the stabilisation involves many variables, it becomes very difficult to determine the Newton diagram in general, but the form of the equations indicates that the defining functions are non-degenerate.

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