7 Conic Sections
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3-Space7.1 The Parabola
INTRODUCTION Hypatia is the first woman in the history of mathematics about whom we have considerable knowledge. Born in 370 C.E. in Alexandria, she was renowned as a mathematician and philosopher. Among her writings is On the Conics of Apollonius, which popularized Apollonius’ (200 B.C.E.) work on curves that can be obtained by intersecting a double-napped cone with a ...
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