Graphs of Quadric Surfaces

z z
Elliptical cross-section
c
in the plane z = z0 z z
x2 y2 c 2
The ellipse + 2 =1 The parabola z = x x2 y2
a2 b a2 The ellipse + 2 =1
z0 in the xy-plane a2 b
in the xz-plane in the plane z = c
z=c
E
ELLIPS

a b
a

PA R
b y ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE y

AB
SE

x x

OL
c 2
LIP

The parabola z = y

A
b2
EL

The ellipse
y2 z2 in the yz-plane
x2 z2 The ellipse + =1
+ 2 =1 b2 c2 y y
a2 c
in the yz-plane x x
in the xz-plane

x2 y2 z2 x2 y2 z
ELLIPSOID 2
+ 2
+ 2 = 1 ELLIPTICAL PARABOLOID   2 + 2 = c
a b c a b

2 2
Part of the hyperbola x2 − z2 = 1 in the xz-plane
z a c
2 y2 z
c
The line z = – y
z The ellipse x2 + 2 = 1 z
x2 y2
b a b z=c The ellipse 2 + 2 = 2
in the yz-plane z = c in the plane z = c a b
in the plane z = c
b" 2

LA
a b a"2

HYPERBO
SE y2
ELLIP ELLIPSE x2
The ellipse 2 + 2 = 1
The line z = ac x a b
in the xy-plane
in the xz-plane
b
y y a E
y y
E LLIPS
x x HYPERBOLA

x x
y2 z2
Part of the hyperbola 2
− 2 =1
PSE
b c ELLIPSE
ELLI in the yz-plane
2
x2 y z2 x2 y2 z2
ELLIPTICAL CONE   2
+ 2 = 2 HYPERBOLOID OF ONE SHEET   2 + 2 − 2 = 1
a b c a b c

The parabola z = c2 y2 in the yz-plane

b z y2 x2
Part of the hyperbola − =1
b2 a2
in the plane z = c
HYP
ERBOLA
PA
RA
BOLA
y2 Saddle
x2
z The ellipse 2 + 2 = 1
LA

z point y
a b
BO

x
RA

in the plane z = c" 2 2 y2

Part of the hyperbola x2 − 2 = 1
PA

a b
The parabola z = – c2 x2 in the plane z = –c
a b a
in the xz-plane
A

ELLIPSE
OL
RB

z
PE

The hyperbola HY The hyperbola

z2 x2 1 y2
− = (0, 0, c) z2
c2 a2 Vertex − 2 =1
0 c2 b
in the xz-plane
in the yz-plane
y y
(0, 0, −c) x
x LA
BO Vertex
BOLA
R
PE

y
HY

HYPER

ELLIPSE x
z x y2 2 2 y2 x2 z
HYPERBOLOID OF TWO SHEETS  2 − 2 − 2 = 1 HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID 2
− 2 = c, c + 0
c a b b a

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