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Elementary Calculus Partial Differentiation Surfaces The Hyperbolic Paraboloid
 

The Hyperbolic Paraboloid

The Hyperbolic Paraboloid

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This surface has the shape of a saddle. It intersects a horizontal plane z = z0 in a hyperbola, and a vertical plane x = x0 or y = y0 in a parabola (Figure 11.1.11).

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Figure 11.1.11

We shall describe a method for sketching cylinders and then other graphs in space. We concentrate on a finite portion of (x, y, z) space.

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