Illustrates a mystic hexagram. The directrix, the horizontal line, and the conic section passing through the points 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, 16, are drawn. The two triangles of vertices (13, 15, 35), (46, 24, 26) are also drawn, which result in perspective with respect to the point h Illustrates a mystic hexagram. The directrix, the horizontal line, and... | Download Scientific Diagram (researchgate.net) https://www.researchgate.net/figure...tal-line-and-the-conic-section_fig7_342792137
Source publication +28 Pascal’s mystic hexagram, and a conjectural restoration of his lost treatise on conic sections Article Full-text available Sep 2020 Andrea Del Centina Through an in-depth analysis of the notes that Leibniz made while reading Pascal’s manuscript treatise on conic sections, we aim to show the real extension of what he called “hexagrammum mysticum”, and to highlight the main results he achieved in this field, as well as proposing plausible proofs of them according to the methods he seems to have dev... Cite Download full-text
