Gardener’s ellipse
The Endeavour 2025-06-01
Summary:
There are several ways to define an ellipse. If you want to write software draw an ellipse, it’s most convenient to have a parametric form: This gives an ellipse centered at (h, k), with semi-major axis a, semi-minor axis b, and with the major axis rotated by an angle θ from horizontal. But if you’re […]
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