Student Lectures - All lectures - Geometry: Conics, lecture 1 - Oxford Mathematics 1st Year Student Lecture

ln this lecture, the first of two on conics, Alain Goriely explains how conics, or conic sections, are the curves obtained by intersecting a plane with a cone. They are central to many problems in mathematics, physics, and engineering. Conics can also be defined in the plane as a set of points satisfying particular distance conditions or as the loci of quadratic function in two variables. In these lectures, Alain defines conics, explores their properties and shows the equivalence between these different definitions. You can watch many other student lectures via our main Student Lectures playlist (also check out specific student lectures playlists): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW0A4VHeiY0gSkX1QEraaacE All first and second year lectures are followed by tutorials where students meet their tutor in pairs to go through the lecture and associated problem sheet and to talk and think more about the maths. Third and fourth year lectures are followed by classes.