A gallery of conics by five elements (Q2929580)

This paper addresses the beginner in constructive geometry of conics in the projectively extended real affine plane; the author offers an extensive training in dealing with infinite elements and with duality. The main task says: A conic \(c\) is given by five points in general position; construct a further point of the conic (is done via Pascal's theorem). The author discusses all further eleven (not necessarily unique) determinations of a conic by points and tangents using well-known theorems which are listed above as keywords.NEWLINENEWLINEOccasionally the author leaves the frame of plane geometry and employs descriptive geometry when a task is solved by spacial interpretation.NEWLINENEWLINEThe reviewer considers the gallery to be incomplete because the determinations of conics by elements of osculation or hyperosculation are missing.