Geometry Analytic and descriptive geometry Concept
Conic section
Summary
A conic section is a curve that a plane cuts from the surface of a double cone. In the plane, it is the set of zeros of a polynomial of degree in two variables. The non-degenerate conics are the ellipses, the parabolas and the hyperbolas.
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Further reading
- Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conic_section, lead section
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| Tag | 00HJCMC2CD |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://00HJCMC2CD |
| Aliases | conic, quadratic-curve |
| Kind | concept |
| Writing | W1 stated |
| MSC | 51N20 |
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Special cases
Used by
- Directrix
- Eccentricity
- Classification of conics by the discriminant
- Brianchon's theorem
- Pascal's theorem
- Dandelin spheres
- Kepler problem