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CHAPTER III: CONICS AND QUADRICS - OCW UPM

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AFFINE <strong>AND</strong> PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY, E. Rosado & S.L. Rueda<br />

Table of classification of quadrics with center<br />

⎧<br />

⎧<br />

{<br />

det A > 0 imaginary<br />

det A 00 ≠ 0<br />

⎪⎨<br />

rank(A) = 4<br />

Regular<br />

⎪⎨<br />

⎪⎩<br />

sig A 00 = 3<br />

Ellipsoids<br />

sig A 00 = 1<br />

Hyperboloids<br />

det A < 0 real<br />

{<br />

det A > 0 hyperbolic<br />

det A < 0<br />

elliptic<br />

⎪⎩<br />

rank(A) = 3<br />

Cones<br />

{<br />

sig A00 = 3 Imaginary cone with a real point<br />

sig A 00 = 1<br />

Real cone

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