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Last geometric statement of Jacobi
In differential geometry and algebraic geometry, the last geometric statement of Jacobi is a conjecture named after Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. According to this conjecture, every caustic from any point p on an ellipsoid other than umbilical points has exactly four cusps.
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