Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-geometry-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2007/b/6/iii/solution

Put . Its partials are
At infinity , the curve equation forces , giving , where . In the chart , the derivative equations give and . Only lies on the curve and also makes . Thus the only singular point is . As a check, the affine equation factors as , whose quadratic tangent cone there is , giving two distinct tangent lines.

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