CONES

Cones draw
   
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Cones are ruled surfaces generated from a vertex and a curve, for all the straight lines that pass through the vertex and a point on the curve. The simplest case is the elliptical cone of the reduced equation

   

which contains as a special case the circular right-angled cone (generated by the revolution of a straight line around an axis that cuts it).

Question

What are the level curves of a circular cone?

Answer  Solution

 Anamorphism in cylinder

Index

Circular sectors & cones


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