MATH ELEMENTS

1. Oblate spheroid – ellipse revolved about the minor axis

2. Prolate spheroid – ellipse revolved about the major axis

3. Torus – circle revolving, not intersect

4. Lithotripter – ellipsoid cut at the minor axis

5. Circular cone – a line revolved about another line

6. Elliptical cylinder – An ellipse in a plane and a line intersects the plane

7. Parabolic cylinder – A parabola in a plane and a line intersects the plane

8. Hyperboloid one sheet – revolved about the conjugate axis

9. Hyperboloid two sheets – revolved about the transverse axis

10. (ab)(-ab) – symmetric with y-axis

11. (ab)(a-b) – symmetric with x-axis

12. (ab)(-a-b) – symmetric with origin

13. even function – cosine : f(-x) = f(x)

14. odd function – sine / tangent : f(-x) = -f(x)

15. even – symmetric with y-axis

16. odd – symmetric with origin

17. meridian – 2 great circle intersect the North and South poles

18. trace – a curve that intersects the plane

19. inflection point – point where there is change from concave up to concave
downward

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