Topological equivalence of real binary forms
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Abstract:
Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for two real binary homogeneous polynomials to be equivalent under a continuous change of variables, and for the forms to be equivalent under a continuous change of variables that is differentiable (or that is real-analytic) away from the origin.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1991 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 112 (1991), 1157-1162
- MSC: Primary 12D05; Secondary 13A50, 14D25, 57S25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1991-1086344-6
- MathSciNet review: 1086344