Hyperbolic Paraboloid

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• This is a ruled surface.
• That is, it can be formed by trails of a moving line in space.
• We can also say that, for any point P on the surface, there is a line on the surface passing P.
• Hyperbolic paraboloid is in fact doubly-ruled surface, meaning that for each point P, there are two such lines on the surface passing P.

• The horizontal cross sections are hyperbolas
• Some vertical cross sections of the surface are parabolas.