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Tritangent

The tritangent of a Cubic Surface is a Plane which intersects the surface in three mutually intersecting lines. Each intersection of two lines is then a tangent point of the surface.

See also Cubic Surface


References

Hunt, B. ``Algebraic Surfaces.'' http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwagag/Galerie.html.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26