Parabolas are special
At the bakery, Simon tells me: “Parabola is the only shape that’s both an ellipse and a hyperbola (at least in a projective plane, which means that you can have … Continue reading Parabolas are special
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At the bakery, Simon tells me: “Parabola is the only shape that’s both an ellipse and a hyperbola (at least in a projective plane, which means that you can have … Continue reading Parabolas are special
The idea comes from a video by Mathologer. Simon sketches a geometric definition of the Euler’s number (e) using integrals. He messed up a little with the integral notation, but … Continue reading Geometric Definition of e