- Look up
conchoid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Conchoid can
refer to:
Conchoid (mathematics), an
equation of a
curve discovered by the mathematician...
- on the
conchoid. The
conchoid is, therefore, the
cissoid of the
given curve and a
circle of
radius d and
center O. They are
called conchoids because...
- In
algebraic geometry, the
conchoids of de
Sluze are a
family of
plane curves studied in 1662 by
Walloon mathematician René François Walter,
baron de...
- In geometry, the
conchoid of Dürer, also
called Dürer's s**** curve, is a plane,
algebraic curve,
named after Albrecht Dürer and
introduced in 1525. It...
- that
resembles the rippling,
gradual curves of a
mussel s****; the word "
conchoid" is
derived from the word for this
animal (Ancient Gr****: κογχοειδής konchoeidēs...
- on epicycloids, 1694; one on roulettes, 1702; and, lastly,
another on
conchoids, 1708. His
works on
conic sections and
epicycloids were
based on the teaching...
-
plane curves include Cubic parabola Folium of
Descartes Cissoid of
Diocles Conchoid of de
Sluze Right strophoid Semicubical parabola Serpentine curve Trident...
- Each
curve in this
example is a
locus defined as the
conchoid of the
point P and the line l. In this example, P is 8 cm from l....
-
sections Unit
circle Unit
hyperbola Folium of
Descartes Cissoid of
Diocles Conchoid of de
Sluze Right strophoid Semicubical parabola Serpentine curve Trident...
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entitled On
conchoid lines.
Nicomedes discovered three distinct types of
conchoids, now unknown.
Pappus wrote: "Nicomedes
trisected any
rectilinear angle...
