Re: How to draw an ellipse?
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg10362] Re: How to draw an ellipse?
- From: Paul Abbott <paul@physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 04:09:57 -0500
- Organization: University of Western Australia
- References: <694b5p$kjs@smc.vnet.net>
Krishnan Jayakrishnan wrote:
> Does any one know how to construct an ellipse? For example an ellipse
> centered at (0,0) with intercepts at (-a,0,(a,0),(0,-b),(0,b) with
> parametric equation
> x(t) = a*cos(t)
> y(t) = b*sin(t)
> with t increasin from 0 to 2pi radians.
For a ->2 and b -> 3,
ParametricPlot[{2 Cos[t],3 Sin[t]},{t,0,2Pi},AspectRatio->Automatic]
Cheers,
Paul
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