||'''Book'''|| Advanced Engineering Mathematics || ||'''Author'''|| Erwin Kreyszig || ||'''Edition'''|| 8th Edition || /* code_begins */ {{{ #Considering the Identity Cos^2(t) + Sin^2(t) = 1 #This position vector R traces the curve x**2/a**2 + y**2/b**2 = 1, for sweeping t from 0 to 2*pi. #When a=b we get a circle. Else we get an ellipse. #Which is demostrated below. reset() var('y') var('a,b,t') r=vector([a*cos(t),b*sin(t)]) @interact def ellipse(a=(1..5),b=(1..5),t=(0..64)): t=t/10 p1=arrow((0,0),(r[0](a,t),r[1](b,t))) show(implicit_plot(x**2/a**2 + y**2/b**2 == 1, (x, -5,5),(y, -5,5),aspect_ratio=1)+p1) }}} /* code_ends */ * '''Solution by''': * Joe Philip Ninan, student, TIFR, Mumbai * Tony Lijo Jose, student, govt. Engineering college, Sreekrishnapuram * Syamkrishnan C K, student , govt. Engineering college, Sreekrishnapuram