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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2024
In the study of plane curves, one of the problems is to classify the embedded topology of plane curves in the complex projective plane that have a given fixed combinatorial type, where the combinatorial type of a plane curve is data equivalent to the embedded topology in its tubular neighborhood. A pair of plane curves with the same combinatorial type but distinct embedded topology is called a Zariski pair. In this paper, we consider Zariski pairs consisting of conic-line arrangements that arise from Poncelet’s closure theorem. We study unramified double covers of the union of two conics that are induced by a $2m$-sided Poncelet transverse. As an application, we show the existence of families of Zariski pairs of degree
$2m+6$ for
$m\geq 2$ that consist of reducible curves having two conics and
$2m+2$ lines as irreducible components.
The first author was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP18K03263, JP23K03042. The third author was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP21K03182. The fourth author was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20K03561, JP24K06673.