n-ellipse
Sign in to saveAlso known as multifocal ellipse, polyellipse, egglipse, k-ellipse, Tschirnhaus'sche Eikurve
thumb|right|300px|Examples of 3-ellipses for three given foci. The progression of the distances is not linear.
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thumb|right|300px|Examples of 3-ellipses for three given foci. The progression of the distances is not linear.
In geometry, the -ellipse is a generalization of the ellipse allowing more than two foci. -ellipses go by numerous other names, including multifocal ellipse, polyellipse, egglipse, -ellipse, and '''Tschirnhaus'sche Eikurve' (after Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus). They were first investigated by James Clerk Maxwell in 1846.
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