This document discusses conic sections, which are curves formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane. The three types of conic sections are circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Parabolas are also conic sections. Circles are defined as all points equidistant from a center point. Ellipses are defined as all points whose sum of distances to two focal points is a constant. Hyperbolas are defined as two branches where the difference between the distances to two focal points is a constant. The eccentricity parameter relates the conic section's shape to the distance between its foci and directrix.