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The Bifurcation Sets of the Reduced Double Cusp V=A(x4+y4−6x2y2)+B(x3−3xy2)+C (x2+y2) -ux-vy were drawn to investigate the possibility of the existence of three-, four- and five-fold symmetry in the projected envelope. While three-and four-fold symmetry could be demonstrated, it was impossible to demonstrate five-fold symmetry. However, modifying one of the parametic equations in a heuristic way did permit the production of a figure with five-fold symmetry.
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- Singular Point
- Geometrical Property
- Critical Curve
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This work was begun when both authors were at the Institute of Mathematics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, Warwickshire, England.
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Woodcock, A.E.R., Poston, T. (1974). The geometrical properties of the Reduced Double Cusp. In: A Geometrical Study of the Elementary Catastrophes. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 373. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0068976
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