Interactive Quadric Surfaces Demo by Gary Church

Interactive Quadric Surfaces Demo by Gary Church
Loading the math board and drawing, please wait…
2017-09-14 07:25
This example demonstrates various quadric surfaces in 3D with their corresponding equations. Key math concepts include quadric surfaces, coordinate geometry, and 3D transformations. Construction highlights involve using GeoGebra commands like IntersectPath with objects (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, j, k, l, n, p, h, i, m, o, s, r, t, u, v, w, q, c_1, d_1, e_1, f_1, g_1, h_1, k_1, p_1, q_1, r_1, s_1, t_1, c_2, d_2, e_2, f_2, g_2) for intersection calculations and locus plotting. Suitable for high school students and math enthusiasts studying quadric surface properties and equation applications.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. IntersectPath(l, d) → q
  2. IntersectPath(n, d) → c_1
  3. IntersectPath(p, d) → d_1
  4. IntersectPath(l, f) → e_1
  5. IntersectPath(n, f) → f_1
  6. IntersectPath(p, f) → g_1
  7. IntersectPath(n, e) → h_1
  8. IntersectPath(p, e) → k_1
  9. IntersectPath(l, e) → p_1
  10. IntersectPath(n, j) → q_1
  11. IntersectPath(p, j) → r_1
  12. IntersectPath(l, j) → s_1
  13. IntersectPath(n, g) → t_1
  14. IntersectPath(p, g) → c_2
  15. IntersectPath(l, g) → d_2
  16. IntersectPath(n, h) → e_2
  17. IntersectPath(p, h) → f_2
  18. IntersectPath(l, h) → g_2