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Multiplicities are given to singular points on planar arcs or curves of order k+1 with respect to a set K of order characteristics with fundamental number k. It is shown that the sum of the multiplicites on such arcs is at most k+1.
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Spoar, G. Normal arcs and curves of K-order k+1. Geom Dedicata 59, 43–50 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181525
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181525