On Thursday 20 March 2008 06:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In topology, long time ago, I was taught that these are indeed
> 'intersection curves of surfaces of the second order'. Emphasis on surface
> being second order, not the curve. This was in Russian, which means that
> the English terms may be different. You might also encounter 'intersection
> curves of quadric surfaces'.
That is the name I know them by - "intersection of quadrics".
Very useful for drawing ORTEP plots :-)
The equation for the intersection is very beautiful, with a
lot of symmetry in the equation itself.
But as Artem says it is a pain to solve by hand using algebra.
Ethan
> There are seventeen types of quadric surfaces
> (including real and imaginary ones) and they're a right pain in the neck
> to calculate intersections of.
>
> Artem
>
> > Dear All -
> >
> > if memory serves me right, the intersection curve of
> > a cone with a cylinder (like in a powder diffraction camera) is
> > not an ellipse, but a "Schnittfigur zweiter Ordnung",
> > loosly translated as 'intersection curve of second order'.
> >
> > Is there a correct English term for that type of curve?
> >
> > Thx, br
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