## Tohoku Mathematical Journal

### The behavior of the principal distributions on the graph of a homogeneous polynomial

Naoya Ando

#### Abstract

In this paper, we shall study the behavior of the principal distributions on the graph of a homogeneous polynomial in two variables such that the set of its umbilical points is finite. In particular, we shall present a method of describing the indices of the umbilical points and the point at infinity.

#### Article information

Source
Tohoku Math. J. (2), Volume 54, Number 2 (2002), 163-177.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 11 April 2005

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1113247561

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2748/tmj/1113247561

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1904947

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1022.53006

Subjects
Primary: 53A05: Surfaces in Euclidean space
Secondary: 58K45: Singularities of vector fields, topological aspects

#### Citation

Ando, Naoya. The behavior of the principal distributions on the graph of a homogeneous polynomial. Tohoku Math. J. (2) 54 (2002), no. 2, 163--177. doi:10.2748/tmj/1113247561. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.tmj/1113247561

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