222 ON THE BITANGENTS OE A QUARTIC. [748
are equivalent to three independent equations; this being so, they determine £, y,
each of them as a linear function of {x, y, z) ; and the equations of the bitangents of
the curve *J(x%) + 'Jiyv) + \/(z£) =
0 (see Weber, p. 100) are
18
111
111
x — 0,
28
001
Oil
y = 0,
38
Oil
001
z = 0,
23
010
010
£ = 0,
13
100
110
rj — 0,
12
110
100
?=0,
48
101
100
x + y + z = 0,
14
010
Oil
g + y + z = 0,
58
100
101
ax + ßy + yz = 0,
15
Oil
010
| +ßy +7^ = 0,
68
110
010
ax + ß'y + 7 'z = 0,
16
001
101
+ ß'y + y z = 0,
a
78
010
110
a"x + ß"y + y"z = 0,
17
101
001
4 + ß"y + y'z = 0,
24
100
111
x + y 4- z = 0,
34
110
101
x + y + Z= 0,
25
101
110
acc + r L+ r y z = 0,
ß
35
111
100
o'
II
+
Qi
+