Three orthogonal surfaces given by a coordinate system.

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Given the following coordinate system:

$q_1=\frac{x^2-y^2}{2}$

$q_2=xy$

$q_3=z$

What kind of surfaces are given by $q_1$ constant, $q_2$ constant, and $q_3$ constant respectively?

I am pretty sure that these surfaces are not cilindrical hyperbolics, but something weirder.

By the way, the problem is with the variables $q_1$ and $q_2$. It is clear that if $q_3$ is constant then we have a plane.

These surfaces have a name?