Steiner surface

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Steiner surface. It was during a trip to Rome in 1844 that Jakob Steiner first discovered the fourth-degree surface that today bears his name; for this reason it is sometimes referred to as the Roman surface. Each of its tangent planes has the characteristic property that it intersects the surface in a pair of conics. The Steiner surface also contains three double lines that meet one another in a triple point. Steiner never published these and other findings concerning the surface. A colleague, Karl Weierstrass, first published a paper on the surface and Steiner's results in 1863, the year of Steiner's death.

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Steiner surface

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Also known as: Roman surface

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Jakob Steiner
…to one point on the Steiner surface (also known as the Roman surface). Steiner never published these and other findings concerning the surface. A colleague, Karl Weierstrass, first published a paper on the surface and Steiner’s results in 1863, the year of Steiner’s death. Steiner’s other work was primarily on…
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…to one point on the Steiner surface (also known as the Roman surface). Steiner never published these and other findings concerning the surface. A colleague, Karl Weierstrass, first published a paper on the surface and Steiner’s results in 1863, the year of Steiner’s death. Steiner’s other work was primarily on…
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