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A MEMOIR ON CUBIC SURFACES.
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74. Writing X (a, b, c, d$X, Yf-ySY* = - 7 3 (/ 4 X - F)(/ 2 X- Y)(f 3 X - F)(/ 4 X - Y),
planes are
X = 0,
[ o]
X —f 1 Y= 0,
[IF]
X —f,Y= 0,
[22']
X-/ 3 F= 0,
[33']
X-f i Y = 0,
[44']
=0,
[12]
8{X-(f 1 + f 3 )F}-f 1 f 3 Z =0,
[13]
S{X-(f 1 + f 4 )F}-f 1 f 4 Z =0,
[14]
8{X-(f 2 + f 3 )F}-f 2 f 3 £ = 0,
[23]
3 {X - (f 2 + f 4 ) F} - f 2 f 4 Z = 0,
[24]
8{X-(f 3 + f 4 )F}-f 3 f 4 £ =0,
[34]
7 {X — (fi + f 2 ) F}-f x f 2 TF=0,
[12']
7 {X-(f 1 + f 3 ) F} — fjf 3 Tf = 0,
[in
7 {X-(f 1 + f 4 )F}-f 1 f 4 F=0,
[in
7 {X — (f 2 + Q F} — f 2 f 3 W = 0,
[2'3']
7 {X-(f 2 + f 4 ) F} — f 2 f 4 W = 0,
[2'4']
7 {X — (f 3 + f 4 ) F} — f 3 f 4 TF = 0,
[3'4']
— 7 s ^ ^ + f? ) X + cfo/ + 7 ^T + 8 IF = 0,
[12.34]
— (f7 f~f) ^ + dy + yZ + 8 F = 0,
[13.24]
-7S (fi + -) X + cfy + 7 Z+81F = 0,
[14.23]
And the 16 lines are
(a)
(P)
(c)
(/)
(9)
(h)
whence equations may be written
0
0
0
0
0
1
o
II
o
II
N
S
8
0
0
0
- 7
d
(5) X=0, dY + yZ + 8W = 0
0
0
0
fa 2
fi
-8
(1) X- f 4 F = 0, SF + i x Z— 0
0
0
0
f., 2
f.
-8
(2)
0
0
0
fa 2
fa
-8
(3)
0
0
0
f/
fa
-8
(4) ii ii