Abstract

A cuspidal curve is a curve whose singularities are all cusps, i.e., unibranched singularities. This article describes computations that lead to the following conjecture: A rational cuspidal plane curve of degree greater than or equal to six has at most three cusps. The curves with precisely three cusps occur in three series. Assuming the Flenner–Zaidenberg rigidity conjecture, the above conjecture is verified up to degree 20.

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