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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

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