geometry[TangentLine] - find the tangents of a point with respect to a circle
|
Calling Sequence
|
|
TangentLine(obj, P, c, n)
|
|
Parameters
|
|
obj
|
-
|
name
|
P
|
-
|
point
|
c
|
-
|
circle
|
n
|
-
|
(optional) list of two names
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
•
|
The routine finds the tangent line(s) of point P with respect to circle c
|
•
|
The output is obj which is assigned to a list of two lines (two tangent lines), or a line (one tangent line), or nothing (there is no tangent).
|
•
|
If the third optional argument is given and in case there exists two tangent lines, the names of the tangent lines are the two elements in the list.
|
•
|
For more details on the tangent, use detail.
|
•
|
The command with(geometry,TangentLine) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
|
|
|
Examples
|
|
>
|
|
>
|
|
| (1) |
>
|
|
| (2) |
>
|
|
| (3) |
>
|
|
| (4) |
|
|
Download Help Document
Was this information helpful?