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Lines on the Curve (Posted on 2004-02-23)

S is the surface z = xy in Euclidean 3-space.

Find all straight lines lying in S.

See The Solution Submitted by Aaron

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re(2): Complete Solution - My Mistake

| Comment 4 of 5 |

(In reply to re: Complete Solution by Charlie)

My mistake. It was understood that z0=x0*y0, but I didn't realize that the different parametric forms yielded the same solution. My bad.

Posted by np_rt on 2004-02-24 12:41:04

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