Conic section
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conic-section-169-3343864
title:
Conic section
text:
A conic section, conic or a quadratic curve is a curve obtained from a cone's surface intersecting a plane. The three types of conic section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse; the circle is a special case of the ellipse, though it was sometimes called as a fourth type. The ancient Greek mathematicians studied conic sections, culminating around 200 BC with Apollonius of Perga's systematic work on their properties. The conic sections in the Euclidean plane have various distinguishin
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Curve from a cone intersecting a plane
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conic_section
date created:
2001-10-22T17:51:39Z
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2024-08-31T08:39:21Z
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