Dear All -
if memory serves me right, the intersection curve of
a cone with a cylinder (like in a powder diffraction camera) is
not an ellipse, but a "Schnittfigur zweiter Ordnung",
loosly translated as 'intersection curve of second order'.
Is there a correct English term for that type of curve?
Thx, br
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