Solution

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Cubing and adding the parametrized coordinates yields
Therefore the implicit algebraic curve is
For , every nonorigin real point on this curve has and can be recovered using ; the origin is already included. The equation is invariant under exchanging and , so its reflection line is . In the parametrization that reflection corresponds to replacing by . If , the implicit cubic degenerates to the line , whereas the given parametrization only describes the origin, so this degenerate case must be kept separate.

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