%0 Journal Article %A Pérez Díaz, Sonia %A Sendra Pons, Juan Rafael %A Rueda Pérez, Sonia Luisa %A Sendra Pons, Juana %T Approximate parametrization of plane algebraic curves by linear systems of curves. %D 2010 %@ 0167-8396 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/49579 %X It is well known that an irreducible algebraic curve is rational (i.e. parametric) if and only if its genus is zero. In this paper, given a tolerance ² > 0 and an ²-irreducible algebraic affine plane curve C of proper degree d, we introduce the notion of ²-rationality, and we provide an algorithm to parametrize approximately affine ²-rational plane curves by means of linear systems of (d−2)-degree curves. The algorithm outputs a rational parametrization of a rational curve C of degree d which has the same points at infinity as C. Moreover, although we do not provide a theoretical analysis, our empirical analysis shows that C and C are close in practice. %K Approximate %K Parametrization %K Plane algebraic curves %K Linear systems of curves %K Matemáticas %K Mathematics %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala