confocal coordinates
confocal coordinates
[kän′fō·kəl ‚kō′ȯrd·ən·əts] (mathematics)
Coordinates of a point in the plane with norm greater than 1 in terms of the system of ellipses and hyperbolas whose foci are at (1,0) and (-1,0).
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