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x^2+px+q canonical form

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q + x  + p*x = 0
$$p x + q + x^{2} = 0$$
p*x + q + x^2 = 0
Invariants method
Given equation of the surface of 2-order:
$$p x + q + x^{2} = 0$$
This equation looks like:
$$a_{11} x^{2} + 2 a_{12} q x + 2 a_{13} p x + 2 a_{14} x + a_{22} q^{2} + 2 a_{23} p q + 2 a_{24} q + a_{33} p^{2} + 2 a_{34} p + a_{44} = 0$$
where
$$a_{11} = 1$$
$$a_{12} = 0$$
$$a_{13} = \frac{1}{2}$$
$$a_{14} = 0$$
$$a_{22} = 0$$
$$a_{23} = 0$$
$$a_{24} = \frac{1}{2}$$
$$a_{33} = 0$$
$$a_{34} = 0$$
$$a_{44} = 0$$
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|
     |             |   |             |   |             |
K3 = |a12  a22  a24| + |a23  a33  a34| + |a13  a33  a34|
     |             |   |             |   |             |
     |a14  a24  a44|   |a24  a34  a44|   |a14  a34  a44|

substitute coefficients
$$I_{1} = 1$$
     |1  0|   |0  0|   | 1   1/2|
I2 = |    | + |    | + |        |
     |0  0|   |0  0|   |1/2   0 |

$$I_{3} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 & 0 & \frac{1}{2}\\0 & 0 & 0\\\frac{1}{2} & 0 & 0\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I_{4} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 & 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 0\\0 & 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2}\\\frac{1}{2} & 0 & 0 & 0\\0 & \frac{1}{2} & 0 & 0\end{matrix}\right|$$
$$I{\left(\lambda \right)} = \left|\begin{matrix}1 - \lambda & 0 & \frac{1}{2}\\0 & - \lambda & 0\\\frac{1}{2} & 0 & - \lambda\end{matrix}\right|$$
     |1  0|   | 0   1/2|   |0  0|
K2 = |    | + |        | + |    |
     |0  0|   |1/2   0 |   |0  0|

     |1   0    0 |   | 0   0  1/2|   | 1   1/2  0|
     |           |   |           |   |           |
K3 = |0   0   1/2| + | 0   0   0 | + |1/2   0   0|
     |           |   |           |   |           |
     |0  1/2   0 |   |1/2  0   0 |   | 0    0   0|

$$I_{1} = 1$$
$$I_{2} = - \frac{1}{4}$$
$$I_{3} = 0$$
$$I_{4} = \frac{1}{16}$$
$$I{\left(\lambda \right)} = - \lambda^{3} + \lambda^{2} + \frac{\lambda}{4}$$
$$K_{2} = - \frac{1}{4}$$
$$K_{3} = - \frac{1}{4}$$
Because
$$I_{3} = 0 \wedge I_{2} \neq 0 \wedge I_{4} \neq 0$$
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
$$\lambda^{3} - \lambda^{2} - \frac{\lambda}{4} = 0$$
$$\lambda_{1} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$$
$$\lambda_{2} = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$$
$$\lambda_{3} = 0$$
then the canonical form of the equation will be
$$\tilde p 2 \sqrt{\frac{\left(-1\right) I_{4}}{I_{2}}} + \left(\tilde q^{2} \lambda_{2} + \tilde x^{2} \lambda_{1}\right) = 0$$
and
$$- \tilde p 2 \sqrt{\frac{\left(-1\right) I_{4}}{I_{2}}} + \left(\tilde q^{2} \lambda_{2} + \tilde x^{2} \lambda_{1}\right) = 0$$
$$\tilde p + \tilde q^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right) + \tilde x^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right) = 0$$
and
$$- \tilde p + \tilde q^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right) + \tilde x^{2} \left(\frac{1}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right) = 0$$
$$- 2 \tilde p + \left(- \frac{\tilde q^{2}}{\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}} + \frac{\tilde x^{2}}{\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{- \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}}\right) = 0$$
and
$$2 \tilde p + \left(- \frac{\tilde q^{2}}{\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}} + \frac{\tilde x^{2}}{\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{- \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}}\right) = 0$$
this equation is fora type hyperbolic paraboloid
- reduced to canonical form