ALGEBRAICCURVE
Algebraic curve
In mathematics, algebraic curves are the simplest objects of Euclidean geometry that can not be defined by linear properties. Specifically, in Euclidean geometry, a plane algebraic curve is the set of the points of the Euclidean plane whose coordinates are zeros of some polynomial in two variables.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Algebraic curve
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