harmonic conjugates
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of harmonic conjugates
First recorded in 1880–85
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Also, conjugate diameters are harmonic conjugates with respect to the asymptotes.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
Corresponding rays of the involution are harmonic conjugates with respect to the double rays.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
It is not difficult to see that the double-points in the involution are harmonic conjugates with respect to corresponding points in the involution.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
Then, since A, P, B, and the point at infinity on AB are four harmonic points, we have the theorem Conjugate diameters of the hyperbola are harmonic conjugates with respect to the asymptotes.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
If A and C are harmonic conjugates with respect to B and D, then B and D are harmonic conjugates with respect to A and C.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
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