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The Folium of Descartes is a plane algebraic curve defined by the equation: \[ x^3 + y^3 - 3axy = 0 \] where \( a \) is a parameter that determines the shape and position of the curve. The term "folium" comes from the Latin word for "leaf," referring to the leaf-like shape of the curve.

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