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Locus (mathematics)

In geometry, a locus (plural: loci; Latin for 'place, location') is a set of all points (commonly, a line, a line segment, a curve or a surface), whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions.

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Locus (mathematics)

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples3
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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points locus set circle line point two given center example parameter fixed geometry plane one lines sets curve mathematics equidistant

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the theory of schemesinstance oftechniques0.80text
and the use of category theory instead of set theory to give a foundation to mathematicsinstance oftechniques0.80text
have returned to notions more like the original definition of a locus as an object in itself rather than as a set of pointsinstance oftechniques0.80text

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