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[parent] ruled surface (Topic)
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See Also: equation of plane, graph of equation $\,xy =$ constant

Also defines:  directrix, base curve, director curve, generatrix, generatrices, ruling, helicoid
Keywords:  surface, ruled

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cylinder (Topic) by stevecheng
developable surface (Topic) by pahio
cone in $\mathbb{R}^3$ (Definition) by pahio
generatrices of one-sheeted hyperboloid (Topic) by pahio
generatrices of hyperbolic paraboloid (Topic) by pahio
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Cross-references: one-sheeted hyperboloid, conical surfaces, plane, cylindrical surfaces, hyperbolic paraboloid, equation, circular helix, unit circle, position vector, parameters, parametric forms, curves, point, connected, surface, line, straight
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This is version 13 of ruled surface, born on 2005-08-28, modified 2007-10-22.
Object id is 7347, canonical name is RuledSurface.
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AMS MSC: 51M04 (Geometry :: Real and complex geometry :: Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries)
 51M20 (Geometry :: Real and complex geometry :: Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces)
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