An Analytical System of Conic Sections: Designed for the Use of StudentsPrinted ... by John Smith for J. & J.J. Deighton, Cambridge, and sold by J.G. & F. Rivington, 1834 - Mathematics - 207 pages |
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a² a² a² b² a² sin² a² y² a²b² abscissa asymptotes axes of co-ordinates axis AX b2 a² b² cos² b²x² bisect centre circle cone CONIC SECTIONS conjugate diameters conjugate hyperbola cut the axis Dd be drawn denote diameter be drawn directrix drawn parallel e²x² equal equation required fall the perpendicular find the equation find the locus focal distances focus given angle given in position given point given straight line Hence hyperbola joining the points latus rectum let fall major axis meeting the ellipse middle points ordinate pairs of tangents parabola parallel chords parallel to MN plane point of intersection point Q points of contact polar equation proved rectangle contained right angles substitution subtangent supplemental chords theory of equations University of Cambridge values vertex x²²
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