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
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 qua
Dear Bernhard,
I did some google searching and found
http://www.realtimerendering.com/int/
which gives references to various texts for all kinds
of intersections.
Frances Bernstein
=
Bernstein + So
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?
