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ON CUBIC CONES AND CURVES.
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The two forms x 3 + y 3 + z 3 + Olxyz = 0, (X + Y + Z) :i + GkX YZ = 0 ; Enumeration of the
Cones comprised therein. Nos. 30 and 31.
30. I form the following Table:
64 S 3 - T 2
T 2
1
k
s
T
1 ~6TS 3 ’
— GO
- 00
+ oo
— 00
+ 00
0 1
|(i+ V3)
-3-V3
f(3 + 2\/3)
0
81 (45 + 26 V3)
1
>- complex,
-
-
+
+
+
+ >
1
2
_
9
ÏF
2 7
8
0
0
acnodal,
-
-
+
+
-
_ '
0
-4
0
1
- 1
± 00
i
4
9
“T
0 ¡5
2 5T
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5 12
7 2 9
5 12
5 1 2
FTF
- simplex trilateral,
i(V3-i)
-3 +V3
- f (- 3 + 2 V3)
0
- 81 (- 45 + 26 V3)
1
+
-
-
-
-
+ >
1
0
0
-27
-729
00
simplex neutral,
+
+
+
-
-
i- simplex quadrilateral.
00
00
00
- 00
00
And I further describe as follows the nature of the cones which correspond to
the several values of k and l.
31. I between — oo and — or k between — oo and — f.
The cone is complex. In the series, viz. corresponding to l = — (1 + V.3) or k = — 3 — V3,
there is a special form which may be called the complex harmonic, viz. the four
tangents from any line of the cone form a harmonic system: but observe, qua complex
cone, the tangents are all real or all imaginary. I — — ^ (form fails), k = — •§, the cone
is acnodal. I between — \ and 1, or k between — f and 0; the cone is simplex
trilateral. In the series, viz. corresponding to 1 = 0 or k = — 4, there is a special
form which might be called the quasi-neutral, the speciality having however reference
to the imaginary inflexions, viz. corresponding to each real inflexion we have two
imaginary inflexions such that the three tangents meet in a line.
There is also corresponding to l = j, or k = — f, a form which seems to be a special
one, though I have not ascertained wherein that speciality consists.