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  2. Parabola - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal chord through the focus (see picture in opening section) is called the latus rectum; one half of it is the semi-latus rectum. The latus rectum is parallel to the directrix. The semi-latus rectum is designated by the letter . From the picture one obtains =.

  3. Constructions in hyperbolic geometry - Wikipedia

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    Hyperbolic geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry where the first four axioms of Euclidean geometry are kept but the fifth axiom, the parallel postulate, is changed.The fifth axiom of hyperbolic geometry says that given a line L and a point P not on that line, there are at least two lines passing through P that are parallel to L. [1]

  4. Paraboloid - Wikipedia

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    In this position, the hyperbolic paraboloid opens downward along the x-axis and upward along the y-axis (that is, the parabola in the plane x = 0 opens upward and the parabola in the plane y = 0 opens downward). Any paraboloid (elliptic or hyperbolic) is a translation surface, as it can be generated by a moving parabola directed by a second ...

  5. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the graph of the function f(x) + k = x 2 + k is a parabola shifted upward by k whose vertex is at (0, k), as shown in the center figure. Combining both horizontal and vertical shifts yields f(x − h) + k = (x − h) 2 + k is a parabola shifted to the right by h and upward by k whose vertex is at (h, k), as shown in the bottom figure.

  7. Hyperboloid - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a hyperboloid of revolution, sometimes called a circular hyperboloid, is the surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around one of its principal axes.A hyperboloid is the surface obtained from a hyperboloid of revolution by deforming it by means of directional scalings, or more generally, of an affine transformation.

  8. Lissajous curve - Wikipedia

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    Another simple Lissajous figure is the parabola (⁠ b / a ⁠ = 2, δ = ⁠ π / 4 ⁠). Again a small shift of one frequency from the ratio 2 will result in the trace not closing but performing multiple loops successively shifted only closing if the ratio is rational as before. A complex dense pattern may form see below.

  9. Logistic map - Wikipedia

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    Draw a horizontal line from the point where the curve of f(x) meets the 45° line of y = x, and then draw a vertical line from the point where the curve meets the 45° line to the curve of f(x). By repeating this process, a spider web or staircase-like diagram is created on the plane.