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  2. Hyperbola - Wikipedia

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    The pole of a line is the inversion of its closest point to the circle C, whereas the polar of a point is the converse, namely, a line whose closest point to C is the inversion of the point. The eccentricity of the conic section obtained by reciprocation is the ratio of the distances between the two circles' centers to the radius r of ...

  3. Hyperbolic angle - Wikipedia

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    The curve represents xy = 1. A hyperbolic angle has magnitude equal to the area of the corresponding hyperbolic sector, which is in standard position if a = 1. In geometry, hyperbolic angle is a real number determined by the area of the corresponding hyperbolic sector of xy = 1 in Quadrant I of the Cartesian plane.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Hyperbolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    The eccentricity is directly related to the angle between the asymptotes. With eccentricity just over 1 the hyperbola is a sharp "v" shape. At = the asymptotes are at right angles. With > the asymptotes are more than 120° apart, and the periapsis distance is greater than the semi major axis. As eccentricity increases further the motion ...

  6. Asymptote - Wikipedia

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    In projective geometry and related contexts, an asymptote of a curve is a line which is tangent to the curve at a point at infinity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The word asymptote is derived from the Greek ἀσύμπτωτος ( asumptōtos ) which means "not falling together", from ἀ priv. + σύν "together" + πτωτ-ός "fallen". [ 3 ]

  7. Kiepert conics - Wikipedia

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    The image of the Kiepert hyperbola under the isogonal transformation is the Brocard axis of triangle which is the line joining the symmedian point and the circumcenter. Let P {\displaystyle P} be a point in the plane of a nonequilateral triangle A B C {\displaystyle ABC} and let p {\displaystyle p} be the trilinear polar of P {\displaystyle P ...

  8. Coordinate systems for the hyperbolic plane - Wikipedia

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    Choose a line (the x-axis) in the hyperbolic plane (with a standardized curvature of -1) and label the points on it by their distance from an origin (x=0) point on the x-axis (positive on one side and negative on the other). For any point in the plane, one can define coordinates x and y by dropping a perpendicular onto the x-axis.

  9. Constructions in hyperbolic geometry - Wikipedia

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    Case 1: a and a' intersect at a point O, Bisect one of the angles made by these two lines and name the angle bisector b. Using a hyperbolic ruler, construct a line c such that c is perpendicular to b and parallel to a. As a result, c is also parallel to a', making c the common parallel to lines a and a'. [3] Case 2: a and a' are parallel to ...