hyperbola

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If eccentricity is greater than 1, it is a hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

A hyperbola is all points in a plane where the difference of their distances from two fixed points is constant.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

We will see that the equation of a hyperbola looks the same as the equation of an ellipse, except it is a difference rather than a sum.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Since the y2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens up and down.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

It is natural, therefore, that circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola should all be looked upon as lines.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene