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  2. Dual cone and polar cone - Wikipedia

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    A cone C in a vector space X is said to be self-dual if X can be equipped with an inner product ⋅,⋅ such that the internal dual cone relative to this inner product is equal to C. [3] Those authors who define the dual cone as the internal dual cone in a real Hilbert space usually say that a cone is self-dual if it is equal to its internal dual.

  3. Conic section - Wikipedia

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    A conic is the curve obtained as the intersection of a plane, called the cutting plane, with the surface of a double cone (a cone with two nappes).It is usually assumed that the cone is a right circular cone for the purpose of easy description, but this is not required; any double cone with some circular cross-section will suffice.

  4. Cone - Wikipedia

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    A double cone (not shown infinitely extended) 3D model of a cone. A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines connecting a common point, the apex, to all of ...

  5. Duality (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the dual cone of the dual cone of a set contains the primal set (it is the smallest cone containing the primal set), and is equal if and only if the primal set is a cone. An important case is for vector spaces, where there is a map from the primal space to the double dual, V → V **, known as the "canonical evaluation map". For ...

  6. Lipschitz continuity - Wikipedia

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    In the theory of differential equations, Lipschitz continuity is the central condition of the Picard–Lindelöf theorem which guarantees the existence and uniqueness of the solution to an initial value problem. A special type of Lipschitz continuity, called contraction, is used in the Banach fixed-point theorem.

  7. Circular symmetry - Wikipedia

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    A double-cone is a surface of revolution, generated by a line. In 3-dimensions, a surface or solid of revolution has circular symmetry around an axis, also called cylindrical symmetry or axial symmetry. An example is a right circular cone. Circular symmetry in 3 dimensions has all pyramidal symmetry, C nv as subgroups.

  8. Ruled surface - Wikipedia

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    A surface in 3-dimensional Euclidean space is called a ruled surface if it is the union of a differentiable one-parameter family of lines. Formally, a ruled surface is a surface in is described by a parametric representation of the form. for varying over an interval and ranging over the reals. [1]

  9. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    Hyperbola. A hyperbola is an open curve with two branches, the intersection of a plane with both halves of a double cone. The plane does not have to be parallel to the axis of the cone; the hyperbola will be symmetrical in any case. Hyperbola (red): features. In mathematics, a hyperbola is a type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined by its ...