JournalslemVol. 55, No. 3/4pp. 329–357

On a theorem of René Thom in Géométrie Finie

  • Marc Chaperon

    Université Paris 7, Paris, France

  • Daniel Meyer

    Université Paris 7, France
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Abstract

We study generalisations of the following fact: a generic compact curve in the plane intersects every straight line in a finite number of points; moreover, for each such curve, this number is bounded. Our results develop the first part of René Thom's 1968 paper on Géométrie finie ("finite geometry'').

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Marc Chaperon, Daniel Meyer, On a theorem of René Thom in Géométrie Finie. Enseign. Math. 55 (2009), no. 3/4, pp. 329–357

DOI 10.4171/LEM/55-3-6