Analytic geometry

By a Cartesian coordinate system in the plane we mean a rectangular system , in which O is the origin and are the unit vectors of the two axes, of the abscissa and of the ordinate respectively; a plane carrying a Cartesian system is called a Cartesian plane. The set is a basis of the set of vectors in the plane. In such a system, a vector is expressed uniquely in the form

Segments

1. The distance between two points :

;

The distance between the points and in space is .

2. The gradient of the line ;

3. The coordinates of the point M, the midpoint of the segment AB;

4. The coordinates of the point M dividing the segment in the ratio k:

The equation of a line.

1. Lines parallel to the coordinate axes:

;

2. The line determined by the point and the non-zero vector , – the position vector M of the line d;

, the parametric equations;

3. The explicit equation: , – the gradient, – the y-intercept;

4. The intercept equation: , where the points A(a,0) and B(0,b) are the intercepts;

5. The equation of the line of gradient m through the point :

;

6. The equation of the line determined by the points

, or

7. The general equation:

8. The area of the triangle

, where ;

if then are collinear;

9. The relative position of the lines and :

and

, if ;

, if ;

and , if ;

10. The distance from the point to the line :

11. The angle determined by the lines

and :

;

, if ;

Equations of the plane

The general equation of a plane in three-dimensional space is , where A,B,C are not all zero. The position vector with coordinates (A,B,C) is perpendicular to the plane

The equation of the plane through the point is:

.

The equation of the plane through 3 non-collinear points , , is . The condition for three points with coordinates , , to be non-collinear is .

Two planes and with or or intersect in a line.

Equations of a line in space

The parametric equations of the line determined by the point and the direction vector are , where .

The line determined by the point and the direction vector can be described by the canonical equations: .

Let , be points of the line d. Then the canonical equations of the line , , , .

Let the lines and be given by the canonical equations and respectively. The angle formed by the lines and is given by the formula: .

The relative position of a line and a plane

Let and the plane: .

1. If , d meets the plane in a point.

2. If and , then

3. If and , then .

The angle between a line and a plane

Let the line d be given by the equations and the plane by the equation . Let be the angle between the line d and the plane.

We have: .

The distance from a point to a plane is:

, if the equation of the plane is .

The planes with equations and have the cosine of the angle between them given by the formula:

.

The planes and are parallel if ( and , and , or and respectively may be simultaneously zero).

The area of the triangle with vertices , , is:

, with , ,

* The volume of the tetrahedron with vertices , , , is

( of the absolute value of the determinant).

Conics

In a double cone of revolution whose height is , the cross-sections are called conics, and they may be: a point, two intersecting lines, a circle, an ellipse, a hyperbola or a parabola, as follows:

1. first, the double cone uncut

2. the cutting plane passes through the apex and meets neither nappe of the cone

3. the cutting plane passes through the apex and meets the nappes of the cone

4. the cutting plane meets only one nappe of the cone and cuts every generator

5. the cutting plane meets both nappes of the cone

6. the cutting plane meets only one nappe of the cone and is parallel to a generator

1. The circle

Equation of the circle: ;

if ;

Normal equation: , where , and .

The parametric equations are:

Equation of the tangent at the point ;

Conics referred to their axes of symmetry

1. The ellipse E:

Equation of the ellipse:

Equation of the tangent at the point ;

The parametric equations are:

The ellipse is the orthogonal projection of the circle centred at the origin of radius , lying in a plane making with the plane of the ellipse the angle given by the relation .

The ellipse is the locus of the points for which the sum of the distances to two fixed points, called foci, is constant.

The eccentricity of the ellipse is: .

The area of the ellipse is: .

2. The hyperbola H:

;

Equation of the hyperbola: ;

Equation of the tangent at :

The hyperbola with centre A(p,q), referred to the system xOy, has the equation:

The parametric equations are:

Equation of the conjugate hyperbola: ;

3. The parabola P: (h – the directrix): ;

Equation of the parabola:

Equation of the tangent at : .

The parametric equations are:

Tangent to a conic from a point P outside the conic

The equation of a line through with gradient m is . Intersect this line with the conic, that is, write the system formed by their equations:

Solve the system and impose the condition that the tangent meets the conic in a single point ().

Intersection of two conics, or of a conic and a line

The intersections are found by solving the system formed from the equations of the two conics. The resulting solution gives the points of intersection.