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What is the difference between a parabola and a hyperbola?

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  1. Mathematics Department, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Shreeram S. Abhyankar

  2. Mathematics Department, Poona University, 411007, Pune, India

    Shreeram S. Abhyankar

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Abhyankar, S.S. What is the difference between a parabola and a hyperbola?. The Mathematical Intelligencer 10, 36–43 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023744

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