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Tritangent


The tritangent of a cubic surface is a plane which intersects the surface in three mutually intersecting lines. Each intersection of two lines is then a tangent point of the surface.


See also

Cubic Surface

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References

Hunt, B. "Algebraic Surfaces." http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~hunt/drawings.html.

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Tritangent

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Tritangent." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Tritangent.html

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