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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 />

b) If sign(b 00 ) ≠ sign(λ 1 ), the reduced equation is of the form<br />

0 = p 2 − a 2 x 2 1 = (p + ax 1 )(p − ax 1 )<br />

and the affine quadric is a pair of parallel planes.

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