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Lesly Amely
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ELIPSE
Ellipse
How is the ellipse made? THE ELLIPSE Two
points are fixed (which can be two thumbtacks on a What is the ellipse and an example? An ellipse
cardboard) F and F´. (The distance between F and F is the locus of all points in a plane such that the
´ we will call it c) Take a thread of fixed length a sum of their distances from two fixed points
and join the ends with thumbtacks. Holding the called foci is always constant. This constant
thread taut with a pencil, a curve can be drawn by length is called the major axis, which can be
sliding the thread over the cardboard. parallel to the "x" axis, parallel to the "y" axis,
or oblique.
Where can we
find an ellipse?
Some examples are the "elliptical
shaped" squares that we can find
in cities like Madrid or Bilbao,
but without a doubt the most
famous and impressive is the
Plaza de San Pedro in the Vatican.
How is the
ellipse made?
THE ELLIPSE Two points are
fixed (which can be two
thumbtacks on a cardboard) F and
F´. (The distance between F and F´
we will call it c) Take a thread of
fixedends with
length thumbtacks.
a and join the Holding the
thread taut with a pencil, a curve
can be drawn by sliding the thread
over the cardboard.
Who created
the ellipse?
Who created the ellipse? menecmo It
is attributed to Menecmus (around
BC) of the Platonic Academy –the
most famous of the disciples of
Eudoxo and teacher of Aristotle and
Alexander the Great–, the
introduction of the conic sections,
that is, the discovery of the curves
that later received the name name of
ellipse, parabola and hyperbola, the
so called «Triad
What is the
ellipse and an
example?
What is the ellipse and an
example? An ellipse is the locus
of all points in a plane such that
the sum of their distances from
two fixed points called foci is
always constant. This constant
length is called the major axis,
which can be parallel to the "x"
axis, parallel to the "y" axis, or
oblique.
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