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Ad Locos Planos et Solidos Isagoge

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    …notation in his paper “Ad Locos Planos et Solidos Isagoge” (1636; “Introduction to Plane and Solid Loci”). The title of the paper refers to the ancient classification of curves as plane (straight lines, circles), solid (ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas), or linear (curves defined kinematically or by a locus condition).…

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