parabolic reflector
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If the surface of a parabolic reflector is described by equation 400z = x2 + y2, find the focal point of the reflector.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Consider the parabolic reflector described by equation z = 20x2 + 20y2.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
For instance, given the diameter and focus of a cross-section of a parabolic reflector, we can find an equation that models its sides.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Green Bank will point the observatory's 85-ft. parabolic reflector antenna at the most likely stars, listen for radio signals from planets around them.
From Time Magazine Archive
This last theorem is the basis for the construction of the parabolic reflector.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
