Crunode

Short description: Point where a curve intersects itself at an angle

A crunode at the origin of the curve defined by [math]\displaystyle{ y^2 - x^2(x+1)=0. }[/math]

In mathematics, a crunode (archaic) or node is a point where a curve intersects itself so that both branches of the curve have distinct tangent lines at the point of intersection. A crunode is also known as an ordinary double point.

For a plane curve, defined as the locus of points f (x, y) = 0, where f (x, y) is a smooth function of variables x and y ranging over the real numbers, a crunode of the curve is a singularity of the function f, where both partial derivatives [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{\partial f}{\partial x} }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{\partial f}{\partial y} }[/math] vanish. Further the Hessian matrix of second derivatives will have both positive and negative eigenvalues.

See also

• Singular point of a curve
• Acnode
• Cusp
• Tacnode
• Saddle point

References

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