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Focal sets, taut embeddings and the cyclides of Dupin

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  1. Department of Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross, 01610, Worcester, MA, USA

    Thomas E. Cecil

  2. Department of Mathematics, Indiana University at South Bend, 46615, South Bend, IN, USA

    Patrick J. Ryan

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During the period of this research, the authors were supported by the following grants, T. E. Cecil, NSF Grant no. MCS76-07044, P. J. Ryan, NSF Grant no. MCS76-06930

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Cecil, T.E., Ryan, P.J. Focal sets, taut embeddings and the cyclides of Dupin. Math. Ann. 236, 177–190 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01351390

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