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The 44 pages that link to Conic section, each with the reason it gives.

• CircleNarrower topic: A circle is the conic produced by a plane perpendicular to the cone’s axis.

• Quadratic equationNarrower topic: Quadratic equations in two variables describe conic sections, extending the one-variable case.

• EllipseNarrower topic: The conic family includes ellipses alongside circles, parabolas, and hyperbolas.

• ParabolaNarrower topic: A parabola is one of the four principal conic sections.

• Apollonius of PergaNarrower topic: Conic sections are the subject that Conics classified and analyzed.

• Pascal's theoremNarrower topic: Pascal's theorem applies to points on any nondegenerate conic.

• Hyperbolic trajectoryNarrower topic: Ideal two-body orbital paths are conic sections, classified by eccentricity.

• Completing the squareNarrower topic: Completing squares in conic equations helps identify and classify their standard forms.

• Focus (geometry)Narrower topic: Foci are defining features of several familiar conic sections.

• HyperbolaNarrower topic: A hyperbola is one of the four principal conic sections.

• Brianchon's theoremNarrower topic: The theorem applies to hexagons whose six sides are tangent to one such curve.

• Jean-Victor PonceletNarrower topic: Conics provide the figures for several theorems associated with Poncelet.

• True anomalyNarrower topic: Ideal two-body trajectories follow conic sections with the primary at a focus.

• ConeNarrower topic: The cone’s surface produces the family of curves named for this construction.

• Girard DesarguesNarrower topic: His projective methods unified the study of these curves.

• MenaechmusNarrower topic: Menaechmus’s key discovery was that these curves could solve cubic construction problems.

• Kepler orbitNarrower topic: Every Kepler orbit belongs to one of these conic families.

• Kepler's first lawNarrower topic: Ellipses are one of the orbital shapes within this broader family.

• Ritchey–Chrétien telescopeNarrower topic: Its mirror profiles are specified by conic sections, especially the hyperbola.

• Poncelet–Steiner theoremNarrower topic: The given circle is a special conic whose center supplies additional structure.

• PandrosionNarrower topic: Intersections of conics provide classical solutions to the cube-duplication problem.

• Poncelet's closure theoremNarrower topic: The theorem concerns pairs of conics and the polygons formed between them.

• Steiner conicNarrower topic: The locus generated by the paired rays is a conic.