Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-geometry-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2009/b/5/ii/solution

The second-derivative matrix is
Its determinant is . Hence the Hessian curve has equation
If , this is the union of three lines and is singular. If , divide by and write it as a Hesse cubic with parameter . The preceding singularity criterion gives , equivalently
Thus the complete condition is
The other values beyond the source's first family are zero and the three cube roots of eight.

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