Preface |
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1.2 General Equation of the First Degree in x, y, z Represents a Plane |
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1.3 Transformation of General form to Normal Form |
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3 | (1) |
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1.4 Direction Cosines of the Normal to a Plane |
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4 | (1) |
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1.5 Equation of a Plane Passing through a Given Point |
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5 | (1) |
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1.6 Equation of the Plane in Intercept Form |
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6 | (1) |
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1.7 Reduction of the General Equation of the Plane to the Intercept Form |
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7 | (3) |
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1.8 Equation of a Plane Passing through three Points |
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10 | (5) |
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1.9 Equation of any Plane Parallel to a Given Plane |
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15 | (1) |
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1.10 Equation of Plane Passing through the Intersection of Two Given Planes |
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16 | (1) |
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1.11 Equation of the Plane Passing through the Intersection |
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17 | (4) |
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1.12 Angle between Two Planes |
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21 | (2) |
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1.13 Position of the Origin w.r.t. the Angle between Two Planes |
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23 | (1) |
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1.14 Two Sides of a Plane |
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24 | (2) |
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1.15 Length of the Perpendicular from a Point to a Plane |
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26 | (2) |
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1.16 Bisectors of Angles between Two Planes |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (4) |
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1.18 Orthogonal Projection on a Plane |
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35 | (1) |
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1.19 Volume of a Tetrahedron |
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36 | (9) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (44) |
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2.1 Representation of Line (Introduction) |
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45 | (1) |
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2.2 Equation of a Straight Line in the Symmetrical Form |
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45 | (1) |
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2.3 Equation of a Straight Line Passing through Two Points |
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46 | (3) |
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2.4 Transformation from the Unsymmetrical to the Symmetrical Form |
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49 | (4) |
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2.5 Angle between a Line and a Plane |
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53 | (1) |
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2.6 Point of Intersection of a Line and a Plane |
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54 | (1) |
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2.7 Conditions for a Line to Lie in a Plane |
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55 | (1) |
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2.8 Condition of Coplanarity of Two Straight Lines |
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56 | (13) |
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2.9 Skew Lines and the Shortest Distance between Two Lines |
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69 | (3) |
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2.10 Equation of Two Skew Lines in Symmetric Form |
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72 | (8) |
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2.11 Intersection of Three Planes |
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80 | (9) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (44) |
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89 | (1) |
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3.2 Equation of Sphere in Vector Form |
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89 | (2) |
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3.3 General Equation of the Sphere |
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91 | (1) |
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3.4 Equation of Sphere Whose End-Points of a Diameter are Given |
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91 | (2) |
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3.5 Equation of a Sphere Passing through the Four Points |
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93 | (12) |
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3.6 Section of the Sphere by a Plane |
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105 | (1) |
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3.7 Intersection of Two Spheres |
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106 | (9) |
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3.8 Intersection of Sphere S and Line L |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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3.10 Equation of the Normal to the Sphere |
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117 | (10) |
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127 | (6) |
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129 | (4) |
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133 | (34) |
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133 | (1) |
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4.2 Equation of a Cone with a Conic as Guiding Curve |
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133 | (5) |
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4.3 Enveloping Cone to a Surface |
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138 | (4) |
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4.4 Equation of the Cone whose Vertex is the Origin is Homogeneous |
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142 | (7) |
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4.5 Intersection of a Line with a Cone |
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149 | (1) |
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4.6 Equation of a Tangent Plane at (a, 0,7) to the Cone with Vertex Origin |
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150 | (2) |
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4.7 Conditions for Tangency |
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152 | (4) |
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156 | (11) |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (18) |
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167 | (1) |
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5.2 Equation of the Cylinder whose Generators Intersect the Given Conic |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (5) |
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5.4 Right Circular Cylinder |
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175 | (10) |
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182 | (3) |
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185 | (18) |
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185 | (1) |
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6.2 Intersection of a Line with the Central Conicoid |
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185 | (1) |
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6.3 Tangent Lines and Tangent Plane at a Point |
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186 | (2) |
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6.4 Condition of Tangency |
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188 | (3) |
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6.5 Normal to Central Conicoid |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (1) |
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6.7 Polar Plane of a Point |
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197 | (6) |
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201 | (2) |
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7 Miscellaneous Examples using MATLAB |
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203 | (24) |
Index |
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227 | (2) |
About the Authors |
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