Central Cross-Sections Make Surfaces of Revolution Quadric
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چکیده
When all planes transverse and nearly perpendicular to the axis of a surface of revolution S intersect it in loops having central symmetry, S must be quadric. Dedicated to Sue Swartz
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The American Mathematical Monthly
دوره 116 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009