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A locus is the set of all points satisfying a certain condition. For example, a circle centred at the origin with radius r can be described by the set of all points P in the x,y plane located r units from the origin, the defining equation of which is x2 + y2 = r2. A sphere is the set of all points located at a fixed distance from a given point in space.
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Dodson, C.T.J., Gonzalez, E.A. (1995). Loci. In: Experiments In Mathematics Using Maple. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79758-3_12
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