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Coordinates, Conics and Conjugate Points

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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A fundamental result in the theory of conics is the following:

Two opposite vertices of a complete quadrilateral are conjugate points for any conic which passes through the four remaining vertices.

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