Conic Sections

Dietmar Herrmann ()

Chapter Chapter 14 in Ancient Mathematics, 2022, pp 231-249 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The conic sectionsconic section got their name from the fact that they can be generated as the intersection of a straight cone with a plane (Fig. 14.1). The following representation uses the method of surface constructions, which was known since Euclid. The terminology has been adopted from Apollonius.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66494-0_14

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