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Two curves are tangent internally at a point P if they lie on the same side of their common tangent at P

A curve which intersects some straight line in an infinity of points (but for which not every point lies on this curve).

The point at which a curve or function crosses the x-axis (i.e., when y=0 in two dimensions).

The point at which a curve or function crosses the y-axis (i.e., when x=0 in two dimensions).

A quantitative measure of the simplicity of a geometric construction which reduces geometric constructions to five steps. It was devised by È. Lemoine. S_1 Place a ...

For a point y in Y, with f(y)=x, the ramification index of f at y is a positive integer e_y such that there is some open neighborhood U of y so that x has only one preimage ...

In a given triangle DeltaABC with all angles less than 120 degrees (2pi/3, the first Fermat point X or F_1 (sometimes simply called "the Fermat point," Torricelli point, or ...

The circum-medial triangle DeltaA^'B^'C^' is the circumcevian triangle of a reference triangle DeltaABC with respect to the triangle centroid G of DeltaABC (Kimberling 1998, ...

The absolute moment of M_n of a probability function P(x) taken about a point a is defined by M_n=int|x-a|^nP(x)dx.

The strophoid of a circle with pole at the center and fixed point on the circumference is a Freeth's nephroid.