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  2. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    Since both the transverse axis and the conjugate axis are axes of symmetry, the symmetry group of a hyperbola is the Klein four-group. The rectangular hyperbolas xy = constant admit group actions by squeeze mappings which have the hyperbolas as invariant sets .

  3. Semi-major and semi-minor axes - Wikipedia

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    The transverse axis of a hyperbola coincides with the major axis. [4] In a hyperbola, a conjugate axis or minor axis of length , corresponding to the minor axis of an ellipse, can be drawn perpendicular to the transverse axis or major axis, the latter connecting the two vertices (turning points) of the hyperbola, with the two axes intersecting ...

  4. Transverse axis - Wikipedia

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    Transverse axis refers to an axis that is transverse (side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction). In particular: Transverse axis (aircraft) Transverse axis of a hyperbola, coincides with the semi-major axis

  5. Confocal conic sections - Wikipedia

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    As approaches from above, the limit of the pencil of confocal hyperbolas degenerates to the relative complement of that line segment with respect to the x-axis; that is, to the two rays with endpoints at the foci pointed outward along the x-axis (an infinitely flat hyperbola). These two limit curves have the two foci in common.

  6. Perpendicular - Wikipedia

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    The transverse axis of a hyperbola is perpendicular to the conjugate axis and to each directrix. The product of the perpendicular distances from a point P on a hyperbola or on its conjugate hyperbola to the asymptotes is a constant independent of the location of P. A rectangular hyperbola has asymptotes that are

  7. Conjugate hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a conjugate hyperbola to a given hyperbola shares the same asymptotes but lies in the opposite two sectors of the plane compared to the original hyperbola. A hyperbola and its conjugate may be constructed as conic sections obtained from an intersecting plane that meets tangent double cones sharing the same apex .

  8. Hyperbolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    The eccentricity is directly related to the angle between the asymptotes. With eccentricity just over 1 the hyperbola is a sharp "v" shape. At = the asymptotes are at right angles. With > the asymptotes are more than 120° apart, and the periapsis distance is greater than the semi major axis. As eccentricity increases further the motion ...

  9. Hyperbolic functions - Wikipedia

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    A ray through the unit hyperbola x 2 − y 2 = 1 at the point (cosh a, sinh a), where a is twice the area between the ray, the hyperbola, and the x-axis. For points on the hyperbola below the x-axis, the area is considered negative (see animated version with comparison with the trigonometric (circular) functions).