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If and then each point ( x, y ) has exactly two tangent lines to γ passing through it ( this corresponds to the cubic having one ordinary root and one repeated root ).
If and, i. e.,, then this point has a single tangent line to γ passing through it ( this corresponds to the cubic having one real root of multiplicity 3 ).
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