Harald Proppe
Abstract
Holditch's Theorem and results due to A. Broman are revisited and extended under geometric hypotheses. In addition, smoothness and convexity properties of Holditch curves are derived, with emphasis on the necessity of smoothness hypotheses on the parent curve.
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Harald Proppe
hal.proppe@concordia.caAlina Stancu
alina.stancu@concordia.caRon J. Stern
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