What is $f(x, y) = |x| - |y|$ called?

323 Views Asked by At

$f(x,y)=x^2-y^2$ is your friendly neighbourhood hyperbolic paraboloid. $f(x, y) = |x| - |y|$ naturally has similar appearance. Do shapes of the latter form have a name?

1

There are 1 best solutions below

1
On BEST ANSWER

What about hyperbolic superparaboloid analogous to quadric - superquadric?