locus
Locus (from Latin locus ‘’) is a set of points satisfying a certain condition and such that no point outside the set satisfies this condition.
For example, in the plane the locus of such point that is at a fixed distance
from a fixed point is the circle with centre and radius ; the locus of such point which is equidistant from both ends of a line segment
is the perpendicular bisector
of this line segment.
In general, the loci in the plane are geometric curves; thus one may speak of locus curves.
| Title | locus |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | Locus |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 17:07:52 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 17:07:52 |
| Owner | pahio (2872) |
| Last modified by | pahio (2872) |
| Numerical id | 7 |
| Author | pahio (2872) |
| Entry type | Definition |
| Classification | msc 51N05 |
| Related topic | SetMembership |
| Defines | locus |
| Defines | loci |