Cubic Curve/Examples/Folium of Descartes

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Example of Cubic Curve

The folium of Descartes is an example of a cubic curve:

FoliumOfDescartes.png

Cartesian Form

The folium of Descartes is the locus of the equation:

$x^3 + y^3 - 3 a x y = 0$
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