Demo: Tangents to a quartic curve

What are the maximum and minimum number of tangents that it's possible to have to a quartic curve? Can you prove it?

 

Michael Borcherds

 
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Aktivität
Tags
derivative  exploration  logic  polynomial-function  practice  quartic  tangent  tangent-line 
Zielgruppe (Alter)
15 – 18
Sprache
English (United States)
 
 
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Tangents to a quartic
Geteilt von Ronan Downes
 
 
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