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  2. Hyperbolic sector - Wikipedia

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    A hyperbolic sector is a region of the Cartesian plane bounded by a hyperbola and two rays from the origin to it. For example, the two points (a, 1/a) and (b, 1/b) on the rectangular hyperbola xy = 1, or the corresponding region when this hyperbola is re-scaled and its orientation is altered by a rotation leaving the center at the origin, as with the unit hyperbola.

  3. Eccentricity (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The linear eccentricity of an ellipse or hyperbola, denoted c (or sometimes f or e), is the distance between its center and either of its two foci. The eccentricity can be defined as the ratio of the linear eccentricity to the semimajor axis a : that is, e = c a {\displaystyle e={\frac {c}{a}}} (lacking a center, the linear eccentricity for ...

  4. Hyperbolic motion - Wikipedia

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    For some hyperbolic motions in the half-plane see the Ultraparallel theorem.. The points of the Poincaré half-plane model HP are given in Cartesian coordinates as {(x,y): y > 0} or in polar coordinates as {(r cos a, r sin a): 0 < a < π, r > 0 }.

  5. Coordinate systems for the hyperbolic plane - Wikipedia

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    x a is the distance from the foot of the perpendicular on the x-axis to the origin (regarded as positive on one side and negative on the other); y a is the distance from the foot of the perpendicular on the y-axis to the origin. Circles about the origin in hyperbolic axial coordinates.

  6. Principal axis theorem - Wikipedia

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    Thus, in our example expression, the problem is how to absorb the coefficient of the cross-term 8xy into the functions u and v. Formally, this problem is similar to the problem of matrix diagonalization, where one tries to find a suitable coordinate system in which the matrix of a linear transformation is diagonal. The first step is to find a ...

  7. Hyperbolic motion (relativity) - Wikipedia

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    Each hyperbola is defined by = / and = / (with =, =) in equation . Hyperbolic motion is the motion of an object with constant proper acceleration in special relativity . It is called hyperbolic motion because the equation describing the path of the object through spacetime is a hyperbola , as can be seen when graphed on a Minkowski diagram ...

  8. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    The following are also concurrent: (1) the circle that is centered at the hyperbola's center and that passes through the hyperbola's vertices; (2) either directrix; and (3) either of the asymptotes. [22] Since both the transverse axis and the conjugate axis are axes of symmetry, the symmetry group of a hyperbola is the Klein four-group.

  9. Classical central-force problem - Wikipedia

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    In classical mechanics, the central-force problem is to determine the motion of a particle in a single central potential field.A central force is a force (possibly negative) that points from the particle directly towards a fixed point in space, the center, and whose magnitude only depends on the distance of the object to the center.