Hyperbolic cylinder
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
A straight cylindrical surface of the second order with a hyperbola as directrix. The canonical equation of a hyperbolic cylinder has the form
$$\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1.$$
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Hyperbolic cylinder. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Hyperbolic_cylinder&oldid=31511
Hyperbolic cylinder. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Hyperbolic_cylinder&oldid=31511
This article was adapted from an original article by A.B. Ivanov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article