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  2. Asymptote - Wikipedia

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    If y=c is a horizontal asymptote of f(x), then y=c+k is a horizontal asymptote of f(x)+k; If a known function has an asymptote, then the scaling of the function also have an asymptote. If y=ax+b is an asymptote of f(x), then y=cax+cb is an asymptote of cf(x) For example, f(x)=e x-1 +2 has horizontal asymptote y=0+2=2, and no vertical or oblique ...

  3. Asymptotic curve - Wikipedia

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    The asymptotic directions are the same as the asymptotes of the hyperbola of the Dupin indicatrix through a hyperbolic point, or the unique asymptote through a parabolic point. [1] An asymptotic direction is a direction along which the normal curvature is zero: take the plane spanned by the direction and the surface's normal at that point. The ...

  4. Unit hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    The unit hyperbola is blue, its conjugate is green, and the asymptotes are red. In geometry, the unit hyperbola is the set of points (x,y) in the Cartesian plane that satisfy the implicit equation = In the study of indefinite orthogonal groups, the unit hyperbola forms the basis for an alternative radial length

  5. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    So there are two asymptotes, whose intersection is at the center of symmetry of the hyperbola, which can be thought of as the mirror point about which each branch reflects to form the other branch. In the case of the curve () = / the asymptotes are the two coordinate axes. [1]

  6. Parabola - Wikipedia

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    In algebraic geometry, the parabola is generalized by the rational normal curves, which have coordinates (x, x 2, x 3, ..., x n); the standard parabola is the case n = 2, and the case n = 3 is known as the twisted cubic. A further generalization is given by the Veronese variety, when there is more than one input variable.

  7. Asymptotology - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, both at the genesis of the theory and its further development, the simplest limiting cases, which allow analytical solutions, are of particular importance. In those limits, the number of equations usually decreases, their order reduces, nonlinear equations can be replaced by linear ones, the initial system becomes averaged in a ...

  8. Confocal conic sections - Wikipedia

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    A parabola is the limit curve of a pencil of ellipses with a common vertex and one common focus, as the other focus is moved to infinity to the right, and also the limit curve of a pencil of hyperbolas with a common vertex and one common focus, as the other focus is moved to infinity to the left.

  9. Orthoptic (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Now, as in the case of a parabola, the quadratic equation has to be solved and the two solutions m 1, m 2 must be inserted into the equation ⁡ = (+). Rearranging shows that the isoptics are parts of the degree-4 curve: ( x 0 2 + y 0 2 − a 2 − b 2 ) 2 tan 2 ⁡ α = 4 ( a 2 y 0 2 + b 2 x 0 2 − a 2 b 2 ) . {\displaystyle \left(x_{0}^{2}+y ...