Quadric surfaces
By Andy Douglas on Wednesday, May 3,
2000 - 09:25 pm :
could someone tell me what a quadric surface is?
By Dan Goodman (Dfmg2) on Friday, May
5, 2000 - 09:40 pm :
According to the entry in MathWorld a quadric is a surface
defined by an equation like:
x2/(a2+q)+y2/(b2+q)+z2/(c2+q)=1
They are a particular sort of quadratic surface.
By The Editor :
Try the following links:
Mathworld
Definition and
illustrations of the 6 quadric surfaces