Contact of circles with surfaces: answers to a question of Montaldi

Reeve, Graham and Giblin, Peter (2023) Contact of circles with surfaces: answers to a question of Montaldi. The Asian Journal of Mathematics, 26 (5). pp. 613-616. ISSN 1093-6106

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Abstract

We answer a question raised by J.Montaldi in this journal in 1986 as to the exact upper bound on the number of circles which can have 5-point contact with a generic smooth surface M in R^3, at a point of M.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is the author's version of an article that has been accepted for publication in the Asian Journal of Mathematics: available online at: https://www.intlpress.com/site/pub/pages/journals/items/ajm/content/vols/0026/0005/a001/index.php
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > Mathematics and Computer Science
Depositing User:	Graham Reeve
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2022 13:58
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2023 14:54
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3639

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