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Relating constructions and properties through duality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

Steven J. Kilner  and
David L. Farnsworth
Steven J. Kilner
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, 1000 East Henrietta Road, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, 14623 USA e-mail: skilner@monroecc.edu
David L. Farnsworth
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623 USA e-mail: dlfsma@rit.edu
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Our goal is to find new constructions and properties of parabolas. Our strategy is to display the steps in a known construction or property, and then to take the dual of the steps in order to create a new construction or property.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 108 , Issue 571 , March 2024 , pp. 27 - 35
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© The Authors, 2024 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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