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Tschirnhausen cubic

Tschirnhausen cubic noun: a plane curve defined, in its left-opening form, by the polar equation r=a sec ³(θ/3) where sec is the secant function.

tschirnhausen cubic: a plane curve defined, in its left-opening form, by the polar equation r=a sec ³(θ/3) where sec is...
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Noun

Tschirnhausen cubic (plural Tschirnhausen cubics)

  1. A plane curve defined, in its left-opening form, by the polar equation r=a sec ³(θ/3) where sec is the secant function.

Forms of Tschirnhausen cubic

pluralTschirnhausen cubics
alternative formTschirnhaus' cubic

Origin of Tschirnhausen cubic

Named after Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708), German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. The name was first used in a 1900 paper by R. C. Archibald.

Questions about Tschirnhausen cubic

What does Tschirnhausen cubic mean?
Tschirnhausen cubic means a plane curve defined, in its left-opening form, by the polar equation r=a sec ³(θ/3) where sec is the secant function.
What part of speech is Tschirnhausen cubic?
Tschirnhausen cubic is a noun.
What is the plural of Tschirnhausen cubic?
The plural of Tschirnhausen cubic is Tschirnhausen cubics.

Words near Tschirnhausen cubic in the dictionary

  1. tschinkes
  2. Tschirhart
  3. Tschirharts
  4. Tschirnhaus transformation
  5. Tschirnhaus transformations
  6. Tschirnhausen cubic
  7. Tschirnhausen cubics
  8. Tschirnhausen transformation
  9. Tschirnhausen transformations
  10. tschk
  11. TSD

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