Joshua Zahl
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Abstract We prove that n plane algebraic curves determine O(n(k+2)/(k+1)) points of kth order tangency. This generalizes an earlier result of Ellenberg, Solymosi and Zahl on the number of (first order) tangencies determined by n plane algebraic curves.
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Abstract We prove that n plane algebraic curves determine O(n(k+2)/(k+1)) points of kth order tangency. This generalizes an earlier result of Ellenberg, Solymosi and Zahl on the number of (first order) tangencies determined by n plane algebraic curves.
Key concepts: Plane curve, Tangent, Order (exchange), Plane (geometry), Mathematics, Algebraic curve, Algebraic number, Quartic plane curve