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geometry[Pole] - find the pole of a given line with respect to a given conic or a given circle
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Calling Sequence
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Pole(P, p, c)
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Parameters
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the name of the pole of the line
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line
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conic or circle
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Description
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The pole of a line p with respect to a circle c, center O is the inverse of foot of perpendicular from O to p. Alternatively, the point of intersection of the polars of any two points on p.
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For a detailed description of the pole of P, use the routine detail.
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The command with(geometry,Pole) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
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Examples
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