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Hyperboloid as a Ruled Surface


	Connect two circles with elastic strings. Twisting a circle generates the hyperboloid of one sheet. Surfaces that are generated by a family of straight lines are called ruled surfaces.


	Contributed by: Bruce Atwood

Hyperboloid (Wolfram MathWorld)

Ruled Surface (Wolfram MathWorld)

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Contributed by: Bruce Atwood

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