Re: Ellipse equation simplification on Mathematica:
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- Subject: [mg76234] Re: Ellipse equation simplification on Mathematica:
- From: CKWong <CKWong.P at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 06:12:21 -0400 (EDT)
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As far as proving it to be an ellipse is concerned, your equation describes the projection onto the x-y plane of an ellipse with foci at Cartesian coordinates { -dcp cth - c, -d cp sth, -d sth } and { dcp cth + c, d cp sth, d sth } Since the shadow of an ellipse is an ellipse, QED. Parametrization can be easily (I hope) worked out for the 3-D ellipse & then projected onto the x-y plane. Good luck.