Non-constructibility conjecture for common points of investigated conics

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Let x′x' and y′y' be nonzero, and let a1,a2,a3a_1,a_2,a_3 be parameters. Define

a:=a12−a22,b:=a22−a32.a:=a_1^2-a_2^2,\qquad b:=a_2^2-a_3^2.

The investigated conics can be chosen so that their common point is not obtainable by a planar construction.

Non-constructibility conjecture. If x′,y′≠0x',y'\ne 0, then one can choose the parameters aa and bb above so that the common point of the investigated conics does not admit a planar construction.

This asserts the existence of parameter choices obstructing a planar construction of the common point. The supplied text does not provide an independent resolution of this stated claim; the status is therefore recorded as open.

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Ákos G. Horváth and István Prok, “On the constructibility of the axes of an ellipsoid”, arXiv:1710.07277 (2017).

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