Parabola and Ellipse: Intersection of a Cone and a Plane
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① This example demonstrates how a parabola and an ellipse arise as the intersection curves of a cone with a plane in 3D space. ② Core mathematical concepts include conic sections (parabola, ellipse), spatial geometry, and the properties of plane-cone intersections. ③ Construction highlights: using GeoGebra's Cone command to create a cone, and IntersectPath to compute the intersection path between the cone and a plane; objects such as points A, B, curves e, f, and text labels text1, text2 are generated, allowing dynamic adjustment of the plane to observe the transition from an ellipse to a parabola. ④ Suitable for high school or early college courses in analytic geometry and solid geometry, as well as math lab activities to visualize the unified geometric definition of conic sections.
GeoGebra Commands & Parameters
Cone(B, A, 3) → e, f, gIntersectPath(p, e) → h