A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most Important Modern Algebraic and Geometric Methods |
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anharmonic ratio asymptotes Ax² axes bisected bisector chord of contact chords of intersection circumscribing common tangents conic section conjugate diameters constant ratio Cy² directrix double contact drawn Edition ellipse equa equal find the co-ordinates find the equation find the locus fixed line fixed point focal radii focus four points given conic given points Hence hyperbola intercept joining the points last Article length line at infinity line joining line meets meet the curve mẞ origin pair parabola parallel pass perpendicular point of contact point x'y points at infinity points of intersection polar equation pole proved quadrilateral radical axis radius vector reciprocal rectangle represent right angles right line second degree sides square substituting theorem tion triangle values vertex vertices vols
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