- a focus. The
latus **** is the
chord parallel to the
directrix and p****ing
through a focus; its half-length is the semi-
latus **** (ℓ). The focal...
-
perpendicular to the
major axis, is
called the
latus ****. One half of it is the semi-
latus **** ℓ {\displaystyle \ell } . A
calculation shows: ℓ...
- is
called the
latus ****; one half of it is the semi-
latus ****. The
latus **** is
parallel to the directrix. The semi-
latus **** is designated...
- the
major axis of the hyperbola, is
called the
latus ****. One half of it is the semi-
latus **** p {\displaystyle p} . A
calculation shows p = b...
- the semi-minor axis's
length b
through the
eccentricity e and the semi-
latus **** ℓ {\displaystyle \ell } , as follows: b = a 1 − e 2 , ℓ = a ( 1 − e 2...
- the
latus **** to the
focal parameter. The
focal parameter is
twice the
focal length. The
ratio is denoted P. In the diagram, the
latus **** is pictured...
-
Menaechmus knew that in a
parabola y2 = Lx,
where L is a
constant called the
latus ****,
although he was not
aware of the fact that any
equation in two unknowns...
- to the
directrix and to each
latus ****. In a parabola, the axis of
symmetry is
perpendicular to each of the
latus ****, the directrix, and the tangent...
- any
latus ****. If, then, we wish to
duplicate a cube of edge a , {\displaystyle a,} we
locate on a right-angled cone two parabolas, one with
latus ****...
- {p}{1+\varepsilon \,\cos \theta }},}
where p {\displaystyle p} is the semi-
latus ****, ε is the
eccentricity of the ellipse, r is the
distance from the Sun...
