Secant line 3-secants of a finite set of points. Finiteness of the set of points is not essential in this definition, as long as each line can intersect the set in only a finite number of points. Secant line In geometry, a secant of a curve is a line that intersects the curve in at least two (distinct) points. The word "secant" comes from the Latin word "secare", meaning "to cut". In the case of a circle, a secant will intersect the circle in exactly two points and a chord is the line segment determined by these two points, that is the
Group of rational points on the unit circle to the origin, equal to 0. The identity in this larger group is (1,0,1,0), and the group operation is formula_9 For the group on the unit circle, the appropriate subgroup is points of form ("w","x",1,0), with formula_10 and its identity element is (1,0,1,0). The unit hyperbola group corresponds to points of form (1,0,"y","z"), with formula_11 and the identity is again (1,0,1,0). (Of course, since they are subgroups of the larger group, they both must have the same identity element.) Group of rational points on the unit circle In mathematics, the rational points on the unit circle are those points ("x",