A remark on the theorem of Ivory (Q1331263)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 621983
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    A remark on the theorem of Ivory
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 621983

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      A remark on the theorem of Ivory (English)
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      27 September 1994
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      The author establishes a distance relation for corresponding points of two confocal (possibly degenerate) quadrics linked via an affinity of Euclidean \(n\)-space. This interesting result is in fact a far-reaching generalization of Ivory's theorem on confocal ellipsoids in Euclidean 3- space.
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      confocal quadrics
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      Ivory's theorem
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