The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1892Various
History
The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1892
Various
Natural history -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
If the four basal points of the system of conics lie on a circle,
this circle inverts into a right line, and one cubic then consists of
this right line and the lines joining the centre of inversion to the
circular points at infinity. This theorem may be stated for the system
of cubics as follows: if the conic determined by the five basal points
of the system of cubics (not counting the common double points), break
up into right lines, the line passing through three of the five points,
together with the lines joining the other two points to the common
node, constitute a cubic of the system.
If three of the four basal points of the system of conics lie on a
line, the conics consist of this line and a pencil of lines through
the fourth basal point. Inverting from this fourth point and then
projecting, we have a system of cubics consisting of a pencil of lines
and a conic through the vertex and the four other fixed points. Hence,
when the five fixed points of such a system of cubics lie on a conic
through the common node, this conic is a part of every cubic of the
system. If we invert the above system of conics from one of the three
points on the right line, and then project, we obtain a system of
cubics which consists of a system of conics through four fixed points,
and a fixed right line through one of these four points. Hence, if
two of the five basal points of such a system of cubics be on a line
through the common node, this line is a part of every cubic of the
system.
If a system of conics having one basal point at infinity be inverted
from one of the remaining basal points, this point at infinity inverts
to the center of inversion, and we obtain a system of cubics having
five coincident basal points and hence passing through only four
others. The system of cubics is now so arranged that one tangent at
their common double point is common to all. Only one cubic of the
system is cuspidal. As before three cubics break up into a right line
and conic.
If two of three basal points of the system of conics be at infinity,
the system of cubics obtained by projection and inversion has six
coincident basal points and hence only three others. This system has
both tangents at the common node common to all cubics of the system. If
the two basal points at infinity in the system of conics be coincident,
all the conics are parabolas, and hence all the cubics of the system
are cuspidal and have a common cuspidal tangent.
If three of the basal points of the system of conics be at infinity,
the conics consist of the line at infinity and a pencil of lines
through the finite basal point. Inverting from the latter, we obtain
a system of cubics with seven coincident basal points. This system
is made up of a pencil of lines meeting in the seven coincident basal
points together with the two lines joining this to the other two basal
points of the system. These two lines are part of every cubic of the
system.
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