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Crafting Conic Sections

Authors :
Lauren Siegel
Source :
Math Horizons. 29:29-29
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2021.

Abstract

Circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas are called conic sections because each of these curves arises as the boundary of a slice of a cone. Imagine slicing a solid cone of clay. Depending on h...

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Cone (topology)
Conic section
Mathematics::History and Overview
Boundary (topology)
Geometry
Computer Science::Computational Geometry
Solid cone
Ellipse
Physics::Geophysics
Hyperbola

Details

ISSN :
19476213 and 10724117
Volume :
29
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Math Horizons
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........87f652c46b3d7541805c5ee0e29412f9

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