The Parabola: Section of a Cone or Locus of Points of a Plane? Tips for Teaching of Geometry from Some Writings by Mydorge and Wallis

This article proposes a possible path devoted to upper secondary school and early university students, as well as training teachers, with the aim to build a conscious approach to the learning/teaching of the conics, which uses, for an educational purpose, the close relationship between conics as loc...

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Main Author: Emilia Florio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/6/974