On local real algebraic geometry and applications to kinematics
Abstract
We address the question of identifying non-smooth points in affine real algebraic varieties. A simple algebraic criterion will be formulated and proven. As an application we can answer several questions about the configuration spaces of some class of planar linkages.
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