Model of a surface whose horizontal sections exhibit double points

Model of a surface whose horizontal sections exhibit double

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Model of a surface whose horizontal sections exhibit double
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Model of a surface whose horizontal sections exhibit double points; the points lie on a parabola in a vertical plane and progress in succession through the forms: nodes, cusp, conjugate points, cusp and nodes

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Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1936-288/2
type:
surface model (plaster)
credit:
Mr J. Harvey