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Re: Yet another question for all my math-based friends
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Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:07:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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?
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 line passing through the point of
juncture. Duh!
Dave!
Check out: http://mathworld.pdox.net/math/o/o166.htm
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