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  2. Intersection curve - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, an intersection curve is a curve that is common to two geometric objects. In the simplest case, the intersection of two non-parallel planes in Euclidean 3-space is a line . In general, an intersection curve consists of the common points of two transversally intersecting surfaces , meaning that at any common point the surface ...

  3. Intersection (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The intersection points are: (−0.8587, 0.7374, −0.6332), (0.8587, 0.7374, 0.6332). A line–sphere intersection is a simple special case. Like the case of a line and a plane, the intersection of a curve and a surface in general position consists of discrete points, but a curve may be partly or totally contained in a surface.

  4. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    The line with equation ax + by + c = 0 has slope -a/b, so any line perpendicular to it will have slope b/a (the negative reciprocal). Let (m, n) be the point of intersection of the line ax + by + c = 0 and the line perpendicular to it which passes through the point (x 0, y 0). The line through these two points is perpendicular to the original ...

  5. Line-cylinder intersection - Wikipedia

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    Cyan line has a single point of intersection. Green line has two intersections. Yellow line lies tangent to the cylinder, so has infinitely many points of intersection. Line-cylinder intersection is the calculation of any points of intersection, given an analytic geometry description of a line and a cylinder in 3d space.

  6. Line–line intersection - Wikipedia

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    In order to find the intersection point of a set of lines, we calculate the point with minimum distance to them. Each line is defined by an origin a i and a unit direction vector n̂ i. The square of the distance from a point p to one of the lines is given from Pythagoras:

  7. Sphere–cylinder intersection - Wikipedia

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    Viviani's curve as intersection of a sphere and a cylinder. In the case = +, the cylinder and sphere are tangential to each other at point (,,). The intersection resembles a figure eight: it is a closed curve which intersects itself. The above parametrization becomes

  8. Dupin's theorem - Wikipedia

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    Dupin's theorem is a tool for determining the curvature lines of a surface by intersection with suitable surfaces (see examples), without time-consuming calculation of derivatives and principal curvatures.

  9. Intersection number - Wikipedia

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    Let X be a Riemann surface.Then the intersection number of two closed curves on X has a simple definition in terms of an integral. For every closed curve c on X (i.e., smooth function :), we can associate a differential form of compact support, the Poincaré dual of c, with the property that integrals along c can be calculated by integrals over X: