Newton-Puiseux algorithm and triple points for planes curves

Abstract

The paper is an introduction to the use of the classical Newton-Puiseux procedure, oriented to an algorithmic description of it. This procedure enables to get polynomial approximations for parameterizations of branches of an algebraic plane curve at a singular point. We look for an approach that can be easily grasped and almost self contained. We illustrate the use of the algorithm, first in a completely worked out example of a curve with a point of multiplicity 6, and secondly in the study of triple points on reduced plane curves.