The conic geometry of rectangles inscribed in lines

Olberding, Bruce; Walker, Elaine

doi:10.1090/proc/15374

The conic geometry of rectangles inscribed in lines
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 149 (2021), 2625-2638 Request permission

Abstract:

We develop a circle of ideas involving pairs of lines in the plane, intersections of hyperbolically rotated elliptical cones and the locus of the centers of rectangles inscribed in lines in the plane.

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