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Equations of some plane figures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

Andres Buritica
Andres Buritica*
Affiliation:
Scotch College, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Melbourne, Australia e-mail: ab4751@scotchmel.vic.edu.au
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The solution set of an equation f(x,y) = g(x,y) over ℝ2 is the set of all pairs of real numbers (x,y) such that the equation holds.

This article finds equations whose solution sets are the boundaries (in Cartesian coordinates) of different shapes.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 104 , Issue 560 , July 2020 , pp. 288 - 295
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© Mathematical Association 2020

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References

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