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In mathematics, particularly in differential geometry, a tree-like curve is a generic immersion with the property that removing any double point splits the curve into exactly two disjoint connected components.[1] This property gives these curves a tree-like structure, hence their name. They were first systematically studied by Russian mathematicians Boris Shapiro and Vladimir Arnold in the 1990s.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Shapiro, B. (1997). "Tree-like curves and their number of inflection points". arXiv:dg-ga/9708009

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