“…But not all algebraic curve is rational, and moreover, if the curve has degree 3 or more, a generic algebraic curve will not be rational. Being rational or not is actually a geometric property of the curve,and one should not expect to detect it from the form of the defining polynomial, see [SWP08] for algorithms to decide whether a given polynomial G(X 0 , X 1 , X 2 ) defines a rational curve or not. For instance, the Folium of Descartes (see Figure 3) is a rational curve with parametrization (t 0 : t 1 ) → (t 3 0 + t 3 1 : 3t 2 0 t 1 : 3t 0 t 2 1 ), and implicit equation given by the polynomial F (X 0 , X 1 , X 2 ) = X 3 1 + X 3 2 − 3X 0 X 1 X 2 .…”