What is Locus (mathematics)?
[[File:Orthoptic locus of a circle, ellipses and hyperbolas.gif|thumb|right|200px|locus of a circle, [[ellipse]]s and [[hyperbola]]s]] In [[geometry]], a '''locus''' (plural: ''loci'') is one of a [[set]] of [[Point (geometry)|points]] which satisfies one or more [[wikt:condition|condition]]s.<ref name=James>{{citation|first1=Robert Clarke|last1=James|first2=Glenn|last2=James|title=Mathematics Dictionary|publisher=Springer|year=1992|isbn=978-0-412-99041-0|page=255|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyIfgBIwLMQC&pg=PA255}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Alfred North|last=Whitehead|author-link=Alfred North Whitehead|title=An Introduction to Mathematics|publisher=H. Holt|year=1911|isbn=978-1-103-19784-2|page=121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Ko-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121}} </ref> The usual results are a [[curve]] or a [[surface]].<ref name=MIF>{{cite web |url=https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/locus.html |title=Definition of Locus |publisher=MathsIsFun.com |access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> For example, all points in a [[plane (geometry)|plane]] an equal distance from a center point result in a [[circle]].<ref name=MIF/> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{math-stub}} [[Category:Geometry]]