condition of orthogonality
Let two straight lines of the -plane have the slopes and . The lines are at right angles to each other iff and are the opposite inverses of each other, i.e. iff (http://planetmath.org/Biconditional)
Example. The lines and are at right angles to each other.
Title | condition of orthogonality |
Canonical name | ConditionOfOrthogonality |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 14:48:05 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 14:48:05 |
Owner | pahio (2872) |
Last modified by | pahio (2872) |
Numerical id | 14 |
Author | pahio (2872) |
Entry type | Result |
Classification | msc 15A57 |
Classification | msc 51F20 |
Synonym | condition of perpendicularity |
Related topic | OrthogonalCurves |
Related topic | InverseNumber |
Related topic | OppositeNumber |
Related topic | NormalLine |
Related topic | AngleBetweenTwoLines |
Related topic | PerpendicularityInEuclideanPlane |
Related topic | Evolute2 |
Related topic | ExampleOfFindingCatacaustic |
Defines | opposite inverse |