Crunode/Examples/Folium of Descartes

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Example of Crunode

Consider the folium of Descartes, given by the equation expressed in Cartesian coordinates as:

$x^3 + y^3 - 3 a x y = 0$


FoliumOfDescartes.png


This has a crunode at $\tuple {0, 0}$.