The topology of the generic polar curve and the Zariski invariant for branches of genus one

Abstract

We study, for plane complex branches of genus one, the topological type of its generic polar curve, as a function of the semigroup of values and the Zariski invariant of the branch. We improve some results given by Casas-Alvero in 2023, since we filter the topological type fixed for the branch by the possible values of Zariski invariants.

Keywords

• plane branches
• zariski invariant
• generic polar curve
• topological type
• primary 14h20
• secondary 32s10