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  1. January 4th 2013, 05:57 AM #1
    Plato13
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    finding the tangent to the conic

    Find the equation of the tangent to the projective conic x^2=yz at the point [t,1,t^2]. Thanks
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    Re: finding the tangent to the conic

    Hey Plato13.

    Do you know the definition of the directional derivative?

    Directional derivative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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