Difference between revisions of "Center Command"

Revision as of 12:43, 17 April 2015

This command differs among variants of English:

Center[ <Conic> ]: Returns the center of a circle, ellipse, or hyperbola.; Example: Center[x^2 + 4 y^2 + 2x - 8y + 1 = 0]
(, : Centre[x^2 + 4 y^2 + 2x - 8y + 1 = 0])
returns point A = (-1, 1)

Note: See also

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Center[ <Quadric> ]: Creates the center of a quadric (e.g. sphere, cone, etc.).; Example:
Center[x^2 + (y-1)^2 + (z-2)^2 = 1] yields (0, 1, 2)

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 {{Note|1= See also [[Image:Tool_Midpoint_or_Center.gif]] [[Midpoint or Center Tool|Midpoint or Center]] {{langnote|non-US|[[Midpoint or Center Tool|Midpoint or Centre]]}} tool .}}
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-; Center[ <Conic> ]
-:Returns the center of a circle, ellipse, or hyperbola.
 ;Center[ <Quadric> ]
 :Creates the center of a quadric (e.g. sphere, cone, etc.).
-:{{example| 1=<div><code><nowiki>Center[x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1]</nowiki></code> yields ''(0, 0, 0)</div>}}
+:{{example| 1=<div><code><nowiki>Center[x^2 + (y-1)^2 + (z-2)^2 = 1]</nowiki></code> yields ''(0, 1, 2)''</div>}}
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