Trident

Trident

$\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{trident.epsf}\end{center}\end{figure}$

The plane curve given by the equation

$\begin{displaymath} xy=x^3-a^3. \end{displaymath}$

See also Trident of Descartes, Trident of Newton

© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26