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Trident


Trident

The plane curve given by the equation

 xy=x^3-a^3,

illustrated above for values of a ranging from 0 to 3. For a=0, the trident degenerated to a parabola.


See also

Trident of Descartes, Trident of Newton

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Trident." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Trident.html

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