CHAPTER III: CONICS AND QUADRICS - OCW UPM
CHAPTER III: CONICS AND QUADRICS - OCW UPM
CHAPTER III: CONICS AND QUADRICS - OCW UPM
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4.5 Metric invariants of a quadric Q<br />
AFFINE <strong>AND</strong> PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY, E. Rosado & S.L. Rueda<br />
Let us consider the quadric Q with associated matrix A; this is, Q ≡ X T AX =<br />
0. The following values are euclidean invariants of the quadric:<br />
det A<br />
Eigenvalues of A 00 : λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 or equivalently:<br />
det A 00 , tr A 00 = a 11 + a 22 + a 33 , J =<br />
∣ a ∣ 11 a 12 ∣∣∣ +<br />
a 12 a 22<br />
∣ a ∣ 11 a 13 ∣∣∣ +<br />
a 13 a 33<br />
∣ a ∣<br />
22 a 23 ∣∣∣<br />
a 33<br />
a 23<br />
where<br />
A =<br />
⎛<br />
⎜<br />
⎝<br />
⎞<br />
a 00 a 01 a 02 a 03<br />
a 01 a 11 a 12 a 13<br />
⎟<br />
a 02 a 12 a 22 a 23<br />
a 03 a 13 a 23 a 33<br />
⎠ and A 00 =<br />
⎛<br />
⎝<br />
⎞<br />
a 11 a 12 a 13<br />
a 12 a 22 a 23<br />
⎠ .<br />
a 13 a 23 a 33