• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.147-155
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• 1999

Let {$C_t$} be a pencil of smooth quartics for $t{\neq}0$ degenerating to a plane quartic $C_0$ with an ordinary cusp of multiplicity 3. We compute the stable limit as $t{\rightarrow}0$ of {$C_t$} when the total surface of this family has a triple point at the singular point of $C_0$.