Vanishing point Vanishing point A vanishing point is a point on the image plane of a perspective drawing where the two-dimensional perspective projections (or drawings) of mutually parallel lines in three-dimensional space appear to converge. When the set of parallel lines is perpendicular to a picture plane, the construction is known as one-point perspective, and their vanishing point corresponds to the oculus, or "eye point", from which the image should be viewed for correct perspective geometry. Traditional linear drawings use objects with one to three sets of parallels, defining one to three vanishing points. The vanishing point may also be referred to
Critical point (mathematics) parallel to the y-axis" and the "projection parallel to the x-axis", respectively. A point of is critical for formula_5, if the tangent to exists and is parallel to the "y"-axis. In that case, the images by formula_5 of the critical point and of the tangent are the same point of the "x"-axis, called the critical value. Thus a point is critical for formula_5 if its coordinates are solution of the system of equations This implies that this definition is a special case of the general definition of a critical point, which is given below. The definition of a critical point