Given equation of the surface of 2-order:
$$x^{2} + 3 x z - 7 x = 0$$
This equation looks like:
$$a_{11} x^{2} + 2 a_{12} x y + 2 a_{13} x z + 2 a_{14} x + a_{22} y^{2} + 2 a_{23} y z + 2 a_{24} y + a_{33} z^{2} + 2 a_{34} z + a_{44} = 0$$
where
$$a_{11} = 1$$
$$a_{12} = 0$$
$$a_{13} = \frac{3}{2}$$
$$a_{14} = - \frac{7}{2}$$
$$a_{22} = 0$$
$$a_{23} = 0$$
$$a_{24} = 0$$
$$a_{33} = 0$$
$$a_{34} = 0$$
$$a_{44} = 0$$
The invariants of the equation when converting coordinates are determinants:
$$I_{1} = a_{11} + a_{22} + a_{33}$$
|a11 a12| |a22 a23| |a11 a13|
I2 = | | + | | + | |
|a12 a22| |a23 a33| |a13 a33|$$I_{3} = \left|\begin{matrix}a_{11} & a_{12} & a_{13}\\a_{12} & a_{22} & a_{23}\\a_{13} & a_{23} & a_{33}\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I_{4} = \left|\begin{matrix}a_{11} & a_{12} & a_{13} & a_{14}\\a_{12} & a_{22} & a_{23} & a_{24}\\a_{13} & a_{23} & a_{33} & a_{34}\\a_{14} & a_{24} & a_{34} & a_{44}\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I{\left(\lambda \right)} = \left|\begin{matrix}a_{11} - \lambda & a_{12} & a_{13}\\a_{12} & a_{22} - \lambda & a_{23}\\a_{13} & a_{23} & a_{33} - \lambda\end{matrix}\right|$$
|a11 a14| |a22 a24| |a33 a34|
K2 = | | + | | + | |
|a14 a44| |a24 a44| |a34 a44| |a11 a12 a14| |a22 a23 a24| |a11 a13 a14|
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K3 = |a12 a22 a24| + |a23 a33 a34| + |a13 a33 a34|
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|a14 a24 a44| |a24 a34 a44| |a14 a34 a44|substitute coefficients
$$I_{1} = 1$$
|1 0| |0 0| | 1 3/2|
I2 = | | + | | + | |
|0 0| |0 0| |3/2 0 |$$I_{3} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 & 0 & \frac{3}{2}\\0 & 0 & 0\\\frac{3}{2} & 0 & 0\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I_{4} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 & 0 & \frac{3}{2} & - \frac{7}{2}\\0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\\frac{3}{2} & 0 & 0 & 0\\- \frac{7}{2} & 0 & 0 & 0\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I{\left(\lambda \right)} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 - \lambda & 0 & \frac{3}{2}\\0 & - \lambda & 0\\\frac{3}{2} & 0 & - \lambda\end{matrix}\right|$$
| 1 -7/2| |0 0| |0 0|
K2 = | | + | | + | |
|-7/2 0 | |0 0| |0 0| | 1 0 -7/2| |0 0 0| | 1 3/2 -7/2|
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K3 = | 0 0 0 | + |0 0 0| + |3/2 0 0 |
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|-7/2 0 0 | |0 0 0| |-7/2 0 0 |$$I_{1} = 1$$
$$I_{2} = - \frac{9}{4}$$
$$I_{3} = 0$$
$$I_{4} = 0$$
$$I{\left(\lambda \right)} = - \lambda^{3} + \lambda^{2} + \frac{9 \lambda}{4}$$
$$K_{2} = - \frac{49}{4}$$
$$K_{3} = 0$$
Because
$$I_{3} = 0 \wedge I_{4} = 0 \wedge I_{2} \neq 0$$
then by type of surface:
you need to
Make the characteristic equation for the surface:
$$- I_{1} \lambda^{2} + I_{2} \lambda - I_{3} + \lambda^{3} = 0$$
or
$$\lambda^{3} - \lambda^{2} - \frac{9 \lambda}{4} = 0$$
$$\lambda_{1} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}$$
$$\lambda_{2} = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}$$
$$\lambda_{3} = 0$$
then the canonical form of the equation will be
$$\left(\tilde x^{2} \lambda_{1} + \tilde y^{2} \lambda_{2}\right) + \frac{K_{3}}{I_{2}} = 0$$
$$\tilde x^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}\right) + \tilde y^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}\right) = 0$$
$$\frac{\tilde x^{2}}{\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{- \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}}}\right)^{2}} - \frac{\tilde y^{2}}{\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{10}}{2}}}\right)^{2}} = 0$$
this equation is fora type two intersecting planes
- reduced to canonical form