Pyramidal Sections in Taxicab Geometry

The eccentricity definition of conics is borrowed and recycled, and Euclid is repaid with interest.

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Published in:Mathematics magazine 1982-09, Vol.55 (4), p.205-212
Main Author: Laatsch, Richard
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Conic sections
Ellipses
Geometric lines
Geometric planes
Geometry
Hyperbolas
Line graphs
Parabolas
Slope of a line
Taxicabs
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Summary:The eccentricity definition of conics is borrowed and recycled, and Euclid is repaid with interest.
ISSN:0025-570X
1930-0980
DOI:10.1080/0025570X.1985.11976984