Pencils of circles with a straight line and circle as the basic elements

Abstract

Pencils of circles with are a straight line and a circle as the basic ele­ments are investigated. Three cases of arrangement of a basic straight line and a circle are considered: when the straight line does not intersect a circle, when the straight line and a circle have one generic point, and when the straight line intersects a circle in two points. A parameter is en­tered and the equations of new pencils of circles are registered. By means of mathematical manipulations the obtained equations are given to the initial equation of a circle. Different values are attached to the parameter and the circles belonging to new pencils are constructed. Based on the obtained graphs it is concluded that the pencil with not intersecting basic straight line and a circle forms a hyperbolic pencil of circles, a pencil with a basic straight line and a circle having one generic point forms a parabol­ic pencil, and a pencil with the intersecting basic straight line and a circle forms an elliptic pencil.

Keywords

• circle
• hyperbolic pencil of circles
• parabolic pencil of cir­cles
• elliptic pencil of circles