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    Yet another question for all my math-based friends —Dave Schuler
   Is there a standard form for the equation of an "irregular ellipse"? I know that's an oxymoron, but I don't know a better descriptor, other than to say "sort of egg shaped" or "an ellipse slightly pinched on one side." Anyone? Thanks a zil. Dave! (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Yet another question for all my math-based friends —Dave Schuler
   (...) Dave, you idiot! If you'd looked on any credible online math encyclopedia, you'd have seen immediately that the type of OVAL you're looking for can be constructed by joining together two arcs of different radii so that their centers lie on a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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