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== 노트 ==
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* You see here, we're really, if we're on this point on the ellipse, we're really close to the origin.<ref name="ref_faa8">[https://www.khanacademy.org/math/precalculus/x9e81a4f98389efdf:conics/x9e81a4f98389efdf:ellipse-center-radii/v/conic-sections-intro-to-ellipses Intro to ellipses (video)]</ref>
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* And the way I drew this, we have kind of a short and fat ellipse you can also have kind of a tall and skinny ellipse.<ref name="ref_faa8" />
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* But in the short and fat ellipse, the direction that you're short in that's called your minor axis.<ref name="ref_faa8" />
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* If b was larger than a, I would have a tall and skinny ellipse.<ref name="ref_faa8" />
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* ; Description Draws an ellipse (oval) to the screen.<ref name="ref_e7df">[https://processing.org/reference/ellipse_.html ellipse() \ Language (API) \ Processing 3+]</ref>
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* A straight line drawn through the foci and extended to the curve in either direction is the major diameter (or major axis) of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_8a82">[https://www.britannica.com/science/ellipse Ellipse | mathematics]</ref>
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* This section focuses on the four variations of the standard form of the equation for the ellipse.<ref name="ref_463c">[https://courses.lumenlearning.com/waymakercollegealgebra/chapter/equations-of-ellipses/ Equations of Ellipses]</ref>
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* We can draw an ellipse using a piece of cardboard, two thumbtacks, a pencil, and string.<ref name="ref_463c" />
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* Place the thumbtacks in the cardboard to form the foci of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_463c" />
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* The derivation of the standard form of the equation of an ellipse relies on this relationship and the distance formula.<ref name="ref_463c" />
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* Eccentricity is a number that describe the degree of roundness of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_b1b8">[http://xahlee.info/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/Ellipse_dir/ellipse.html Ellipse]</ref>
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* is the line segment passing the foci and intersects with the ellipse.<ref name="ref_b1b8" />
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* is the line segment perpendicular to the major axis, passing the center of foci, and intersects with the ellipse.<ref name="ref_b1b8" />
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* The formula for ellipse can be derived in many ways.<ref name="ref_b1b8" />
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* It is an ellipse! and draw a curve.<ref name="ref_e882">[https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/ellipse.html Ellipse]</ref>
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* It goes from one side of the ellipse, through the center, to the other side, at the widest part of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_e882" />
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* Try bringing the two focus points together (so the ellipse is a circle) ...<ref name="ref_e882" />
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* An ellipse is the set of all points \((x,y)\) in a plane such that the sum of their distances from two fixed points is a constant.<ref name="ref_a6f7">[https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Algebra/Book%3A_Algebra_and_Trigonometry_(OpenStax)/12%3A_Analytic_Geometry/12.02%3A_The_Ellipse 12.2: The Ellipse]</ref>
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* If \((a,0)\) is a vertex of the ellipse, the distance from \((−c,0)\) to \((a,0)\) is \(a−(−c)=a+c\).<ref name="ref_a6f7" />
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* It follows that \(d_1+d_2=2a\) for any point on the ellipse.<ref name="ref_a6f7" />
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* What is the standard form equation of the ellipse that has vertices \((\pm 8,0)\) and foci \((\pm 5,0)\)?<ref name="ref_a6f7" />
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* Populations of the ellipse are declining across the state, Inoue said.<ref name="ref_aa62">[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ellipse Definition of Ellipse by Merriam-Webster]</ref>
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* The storm will move into the right entrance region of the jet streak, shown by the large red ellipse.<ref name="ref_aa62" />
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* In other words, the orbit can be elliptical, but the ellipse can have any orientation in space.<ref name="ref_aa62" />
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* Supermoons occur because the moon orbits the Earth in the shape of an ellipse.<ref name="ref_aa62" />
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* In "primitive" geometrical terms, an ellipse is the figure you can draw in the sand by the following process: Push two sticks into the sand.<ref name="ref_30d9">[https://www.purplemath.com/modules/ellipse.htm Conics: Ellipses: Introduction]</ref>
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* The resulting shape drawn in the sand is an ellipse.<ref name="ref_30d9" />
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* Each of the two sticks you first pushed into the sand is a " focus " of the ellipse; the two together are called "foci" (FOH-siy).<ref name="ref_30d9" />
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* The points where the major axis touches the ellipse are the " vertices " of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_30d9" />
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* An ellipse is the set of all points P in a plane such that the sum of the distances from P to two fixed points is a given constant.<ref name="ref_e596">[https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/ellipse Ellipses]</ref>
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* The center of the ellipse is the midpoint of the line segment joining its foci.<ref name="ref_e596" />
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* The major axis of the ellipse is the chord that passes through its foci and has its endpoints on the ellipse.<ref name="ref_e596" />
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* The graph of an ellipse can be translated so that its center is at the point ( h , k ) .<ref name="ref_e596" />
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* The ellipse is one of the four classic conic sections created by slicing a cone with a plane.<ref name="ref_13e3">[https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/e/Ellipse Ellipse]</ref>
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* The shape of the ellipse is described by its eccentricity.<ref name="ref_13e3" />
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* The larger the semi-major axis relative to the semi-minor axis, the more eccentric the ellipse is said to be.<ref name="ref_13e3" />
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* The equation of the ellipse can also be written in terms of the polar coordinates (r, f).<ref name="ref_13e3" />
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* The ellipse was first studied by Menaechmus Euclid wrote about the ellipse and it was given its present name by Apollonius .<ref name="ref_9f96">[https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Ellipse/ Ellipse]</ref>
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* There is no exact formula for the length of an ellipse in elementary functions and this led to the study of elliptic functions.<ref name="ref_9f96" />
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* The evolute of the ellipse with equation given above is the Lamé curve.<ref name="ref_9f96" />
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* The ellipse is the set of all points R in the plane such that PR + QR is a fixed constant.<ref name="ref_d018">[http://ltcconline.net/greenl/courses/103b/Conics/ELLIPSE.HTM The Ellipse]</ref>
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* An ellipse can be constructed using a piece of string.<ref name="ref_d018" />
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* Then with a pencil pull the string so that the string is tight and move the string around to form the ellipse.<ref name="ref_d018" />
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* This number tells us how squished the ellipse is.<ref name="ref_d018" />
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* In other words, the caustic by refraction of the ellipse for rays parallel to the axis reduces to the two foci.<ref name="ref_a615">[https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d.gb/ellipse/ellipse.shtml Ellipse]</ref>
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* Conversely, the ellipse is the boundary of any convex set with oblique axes of symmetry in every direction.<ref name="ref_a615" />
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* An ellipse is the locus of all those points in a plane such that the sum of their distances from two fixed points in the plane, is constant.<ref name="ref_a163">[https://byjus.com/maths/ellipse/ Ellipse (Definition, Equation, Properties, Eccentricity, Formulas)]</ref>
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* The shape of the ellipse is in an oval shape and the area of an ellipse is defined by its major axis and minor axis.<ref name="ref_a163" />
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* The ellipse is one of the conic sections, that is produced, when a plane cuts the cone at an angle with the base.<ref name="ref_a163" />
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* In geometry, an ellipse is a two-dimensional shape, that is defined along its axes.<ref name="ref_a163" />
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* An ellipse is the set of points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from two fixed points in that plane stays constant.<ref name="ref_0bd0">[https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/algebra/algebra-ii/conic-sections/ellipse Ellipse]</ref>
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* The midpoint of the segment joining the foci is called the center of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_0bd0" />
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* When an ellipse is written in standard form, the major axis direction is determined by noting which variable has the larger denominator.<ref name="ref_0bd0" />
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* Graph the following ellipse.<ref name="ref_0bd0" />
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* We know that an ellipse is characterized by its squished circle or oval shape.<ref name="ref_f791">[https://www.superprof.co.uk/resources/academic/maths/analytical-geometry/conics/ellipse.html Superprof]</ref>
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* An ellipse eccentricity measures how imperfectly round or squished an ellipse is.<ref name="ref_f791" />
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* As the foci of an ellipse are moved towards the center, the shape of the ellipse becomes closer to that of the circle.<ref name="ref_f791" />
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* If the foci of the ellipse are at the center, i.e. c = 0, then the value of eccentricity will become 0.<ref name="ref_f791" />
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* The set of all points in a plane, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points in the plane is constant is an ellipse.<ref name="ref_2f00">[https://www.toppr.com/guides/maths/conic-sections/equations-of-ellipse/ Ellipse: Definition, Equations, Derivations, Observations, Q&A]</ref>
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* These two fixed points are the foci of the ellipse (Fig. 1).<ref name="ref_2f00" />
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* We know that both points P and Q are on the ellipse.<ref name="ref_2f00" />
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* Hence, the ellipse becomes a circle.<ref name="ref_2f00" />
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* An ellipse is a circle that has been stretched in one direction, to give it the shape of an oval.<ref name="ref_cb0d">[https://www.maa.org/external_archive/joma/Volume8/Kalman/Ellipse1.html The Most Marvelous Theorem in Mathematics]</ref>
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* But not every oval is an ellipse, as shown in Figure 1, below.<ref name="ref_cb0d" />
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* There is a specific kind of stretching that turns a circle into an ellipse, as we shall see on the next page.<ref name="ref_cb0d" />
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* Figure 2 hints at the nature of the type of stretching that creates an ellipse.<ref name="ref_cb0d" />
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* The major axis is the segment that contains both foci and has its endpoints on the ellipse.<ref name="ref_a624">[https://www.mathwarehouse.com/ellipse/equation-of-ellipse.php Equation of an Ellipse in Standard Form and how it relates to the graph of the Ellipse.]</ref>
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* An ellipse looks like a circle that has been squashed into an oval.<ref name="ref_4f87">[https://www.mathopenref.com/ellipse.html math word definition- Math Open Reference]</ref>
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* An ellipse is defined by two points, each called a focus.<ref name="ref_4f87" />
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* If you take any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distances to the focus points is constant.<ref name="ref_4f87" />
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* In the figure above, drag the point on the ellipse around and see that while the distances to the focus points vary, their sum is constant.<ref name="ref_4f87" />
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* The term ellipse has been coined by Apollonius of Perga, with a connotation of being "left out".<ref name="ref_16b9">[https://www.cut-the-knot.org/WhatIs/WhatIsEllipse.shtml What Is Ellipse?]</ref>
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* There are many ways to define an ellipse.<ref name="ref_16b9" />
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* We cite several common definitions, prove that all are equivalent, and, based on these, derive additional properties of ellipse.<ref name="ref_16b9" />
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* The ellipse touches the sides at the points (± a 1 ± a 2 cos δ) and (± a 1 cos δ, ± a 2 ).<ref name="ref_5d51">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/mathematics/ellipse Ellipse - an overview]</ref>
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* We distinguish two cases of polarization, according to the sense in which the end point of the electric vector describes the ellipse.<ref name="ref_5d51" />
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* F2​ are called the foci of the ellipse (singular: focus).<ref name="ref_1950">[https://brilliant.org/wiki/conics-ellipse-general/ Brilliant Math & Science Wiki]</ref>
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* F2​ is called the major axis of the ellipse, and the axis perpendicular to the major axis is the minor axis.<ref name="ref_1950" />
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* A tunnel opening is shaped like a half ellipse.<ref name="ref_1950" />
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* Find the equation of the ellipse assuming it is centered at the origin.<ref name="ref_1950" />
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* is the line segment through the center of an ellipse defined by two points on the ellipse where the distance between them is at a minimum.<ref name="ref_286f">[https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_intermediate-algebra/s11-03-ellipses.html Ellipses]</ref>
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* If the major axis of an ellipse is parallel to the x-axis in a rectangular coordinate plane, we say that the ellipse is horizontal.<ref name="ref_286f" />
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* If the major axis is parallel to the y-axis, we say that the ellipse is vertical.<ref name="ref_286f" />
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* However, the ellipse has many real-world applications and further research on this rich subject is encouraged.<ref name="ref_286f" />
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* As such, it generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal points are the same.<ref name="ref_1b3a">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipse Wikipedia]</ref>
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* The midpoint C {\displaystyle C} of the line segment joining the foci is called the center of the ellipse.<ref name="ref_1b3a" />
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* An arbitrary line g {\displaystyle g} intersects an ellipse at 0, 1, or 2 points, respectively called an exterior line, tangent and secant.<ref name="ref_1b3a" />
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* \displaystyle w} which is different from P {\displaystyle P} cannot be on the ellipse.<ref name="ref_1b3a" />
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* Click on the blue point on the ellipse and drag it to change the figure.<ref name="ref_345a">[http://lifeisastoryproblem.tripod.com/en/e/ellipse.html Ellipse: A closed curve with an equation in the form (x-h)^2/a+-(y-k)^2/b=1.]</ref>
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* The eccentricity of an ellipse is a measure of how much it is changed from a circle.<ref name="ref_345a" />
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* The ellipse was first studied by Menaechmus, investigated by Euclid, and named by Apollonius.<ref name="ref_c9aa">[https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Ellipse.html Ellipse -- from Wolfram MathWorld]</ref>
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* The focus and conic section directrix of an ellipse were considered by Pappus.<ref name="ref_c9aa" />
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* In 1602, Kepler believed that the orbit of Mars was oval; he later discovered that it was an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.<ref name="ref_c9aa" />
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* Let an ellipse lie along the x-axis and find the equation of the figure (1) where and are at and .<ref name="ref_c9aa" />
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개요

  • 원뿔의 단면에서 얻어지는 원뿔곡선의 하나
  • 이차곡선의 하나이다
  • 타원위의 점들은 어떤 두 점(초점)에서의 거리의 합이 일정하다



타원의 방정식

  • 타원은 이차곡선 \(ax^2+bxy+cy^2+dx+ey+f=0\)의 판별식이 \(\Delta=b^2-4ac<0\)인 경우
  • 타원의 방정식의 표준형
    • \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\)
    • \(a=b\) 이면 원이다. \(a>b\) 이면 가로( 축)로 납작한 타원, \(a<b\) 이면 세로로 길쭉한 타원이 된다.
    • 두 축 중 긴 것을 장축, 짧은 것을 단축이라 한다.
  • 평행이동, 회전변환에 의해서도 변형해도 여전히 타원이 얻어짐.


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\(\frac{1}{4} \left(\frac{\sqrt{3} x}{2}+\frac{y}{2}\right)^2+\left(-\frac{x}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{3} y}{2}\right)^2=1\)



타원 둘레의 길이



타원내부의 면적

  • 다음과 같이 주어진 타원 내부의 면적은 \(\pi a b\) 이다\[\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}\leq 1\]
  • 타원의 넓이 항목 참조



배우기 전에 알고 있어야 하는 것들

  • 다항식
    • 일차식과 이차식
  • 원의 방정식



중요한 개념 및 정리

  • 타원 \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1 (0<b<a)\)을 고려하자.
  • 초점 \(f=\sqrt{a^2-b^2}\)라 두면, \((\pm f,0)\)
  • 이심률 (eccentricity)
    • 타원이 원에서 멀어지는 것을 재는 양 . 이심률은 \(e=\frac{f}{a}=\frac{\sqrt{a^2-b^2}}{a}=\sqrt{1-\frac{b^2}{a^2}}\)로 주어진다

재미있는 문제

  • 타원 \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) 에 외접하는 사각형의 최소 넓이는
  • 빛의 반사성 : 한 초점에서 나온 빛은 타원 벽에서 반사되어 다른 초점으로 들어간다.
  • 매개변수표현
  • 타원과 포물선 가 직교하기 위해서는 를 만족하면 된다.
    • 1999042-2.gif


관련된 항목들


관련된 개념 및 나중에 더 배우게 되는 것들



관련있는 다른 과목

  • 물리
    • 행성운동
    • 지구는 태양의 주위를, 태양을 하나의 초점으로 하는 타원궤도로 돌고 있음.
  • 미술
    • 원근법
    • 원을 바르게 그리려면, 타원으로 그려야 함.

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  • You see here, we're really, if we're on this point on the ellipse, we're really close to the origin.[1]
  • And the way I drew this, we have kind of a short and fat ellipse you can also have kind of a tall and skinny ellipse.[1]
  • But in the short and fat ellipse, the direction that you're short in that's called your minor axis.[1]
  • If b was larger than a, I would have a tall and skinny ellipse.[1]
  • ; Description Draws an ellipse (oval) to the screen.[2]
  • A straight line drawn through the foci and extended to the curve in either direction is the major diameter (or major axis) of the ellipse.[3]
  • This section focuses on the four variations of the standard form of the equation for the ellipse.[4]
  • We can draw an ellipse using a piece of cardboard, two thumbtacks, a pencil, and string.[4]
  • Place the thumbtacks in the cardboard to form the foci of the ellipse.[4]
  • The derivation of the standard form of the equation of an ellipse relies on this relationship and the distance formula.[4]
  • Eccentricity is a number that describe the degree of roundness of the ellipse.[5]
  • is the line segment passing the foci and intersects with the ellipse.[5]
  • is the line segment perpendicular to the major axis, passing the center of foci, and intersects with the ellipse.[5]
  • The formula for ellipse can be derived in many ways.[5]
  • It is an ellipse! and draw a curve.[6]
  • It goes from one side of the ellipse, through the center, to the other side, at the widest part of the ellipse.[6]
  • Try bringing the two focus points together (so the ellipse is a circle) ...[6]
  • An ellipse is the set of all points \((x,y)\) in a plane such that the sum of their distances from two fixed points is a constant.[7]
  • If \((a,0)\) is a vertex of the ellipse, the distance from \((−c,0)\) to \((a,0)\) is \(a−(−c)=a+c\).[7]
  • It follows that \(d_1+d_2=2a\) for any point on the ellipse.[7]
  • What is the standard form equation of the ellipse that has vertices \((\pm 8,0)\) and foci \((\pm 5,0)\)?[7]
  • Populations of the ellipse are declining across the state, Inoue said.[8]
  • The storm will move into the right entrance region of the jet streak, shown by the large red ellipse.[8]
  • In other words, the orbit can be elliptical, but the ellipse can have any orientation in space.[8]
  • Supermoons occur because the moon orbits the Earth in the shape of an ellipse.[8]
  • In "primitive" geometrical terms, an ellipse is the figure you can draw in the sand by the following process: Push two sticks into the sand.[9]
  • The resulting shape drawn in the sand is an ellipse.[9]
  • Each of the two sticks you first pushed into the sand is a " focus " of the ellipse; the two together are called "foci" (FOH-siy).[9]
  • The points where the major axis touches the ellipse are the " vertices " of the ellipse.[9]
  • An ellipse is the set of all points P in a plane such that the sum of the distances from P to two fixed points is a given constant.[10]
  • The center of the ellipse is the midpoint of the line segment joining its foci.[10]
  • The major axis of the ellipse is the chord that passes through its foci and has its endpoints on the ellipse.[10]
  • The graph of an ellipse can be translated so that its center is at the point ( h , k ) .[10]
  • The ellipse is one of the four classic conic sections created by slicing a cone with a plane.[11]
  • The shape of the ellipse is described by its eccentricity.[11]
  • The larger the semi-major axis relative to the semi-minor axis, the more eccentric the ellipse is said to be.[11]
  • The equation of the ellipse can also be written in terms of the polar coordinates (r, f).[11]
  • The ellipse was first studied by Menaechmus Euclid wrote about the ellipse and it was given its present name by Apollonius .[12]
  • There is no exact formula for the length of an ellipse in elementary functions and this led to the study of elliptic functions.[12]
  • The evolute of the ellipse with equation given above is the Lamé curve.[12]
  • The ellipse is the set of all points R in the plane such that PR + QR is a fixed constant.[13]
  • An ellipse can be constructed using a piece of string.[13]
  • Then with a pencil pull the string so that the string is tight and move the string around to form the ellipse.[13]
  • This number tells us how squished the ellipse is.[13]
  • In other words, the caustic by refraction of the ellipse for rays parallel to the axis reduces to the two foci.[14]
  • Conversely, the ellipse is the boundary of any convex set with oblique axes of symmetry in every direction.[14]
  • An ellipse is the locus of all those points in a plane such that the sum of their distances from two fixed points in the plane, is constant.[15]
  • The shape of the ellipse is in an oval shape and the area of an ellipse is defined by its major axis and minor axis.[15]
  • The ellipse is one of the conic sections, that is produced, when a plane cuts the cone at an angle with the base.[15]
  • In geometry, an ellipse is a two-dimensional shape, that is defined along its axes.[15]
  • An ellipse is the set of points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from two fixed points in that plane stays constant.[16]
  • The midpoint of the segment joining the foci is called the center of the ellipse.[16]
  • When an ellipse is written in standard form, the major axis direction is determined by noting which variable has the larger denominator.[16]
  • Graph the following ellipse.[16]
  • We know that an ellipse is characterized by its squished circle or oval shape.[17]
  • An ellipse eccentricity measures how imperfectly round or squished an ellipse is.[17]
  • As the foci of an ellipse are moved towards the center, the shape of the ellipse becomes closer to that of the circle.[17]
  • If the foci of the ellipse are at the center, i.e. c = 0, then the value of eccentricity will become 0.[17]
  • The set of all points in a plane, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points in the plane is constant is an ellipse.[18]
  • These two fixed points are the foci of the ellipse (Fig. 1).[18]
  • We know that both points P and Q are on the ellipse.[18]
  • Hence, the ellipse becomes a circle.[18]
  • An ellipse is a circle that has been stretched in one direction, to give it the shape of an oval.[19]
  • But not every oval is an ellipse, as shown in Figure 1, below.[19]
  • There is a specific kind of stretching that turns a circle into an ellipse, as we shall see on the next page.[19]
  • Figure 2 hints at the nature of the type of stretching that creates an ellipse.[19]
  • The major axis is the segment that contains both foci and has its endpoints on the ellipse.[20]
  • An ellipse looks like a circle that has been squashed into an oval.[21]
  • An ellipse is defined by two points, each called a focus.[21]
  • If you take any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distances to the focus points is constant.[21]
  • In the figure above, drag the point on the ellipse around and see that while the distances to the focus points vary, their sum is constant.[21]
  • The term ellipse has been coined by Apollonius of Perga, with a connotation of being "left out".[22]
  • There are many ways to define an ellipse.[22]
  • We cite several common definitions, prove that all are equivalent, and, based on these, derive additional properties of ellipse.[22]
  • The ellipse touches the sides at the points (± a 1 ± a 2 cos δ) and (± a 1 cos δ, ± a 2 ).[23]
  • We distinguish two cases of polarization, according to the sense in which the end point of the electric vector describes the ellipse.[23]
  • F2​ are called the foci of the ellipse (singular: focus).[24]
  • F2​ is called the major axis of the ellipse, and the axis perpendicular to the major axis is the minor axis.[24]
  • A tunnel opening is shaped like a half ellipse.[24]
  • Find the equation of the ellipse assuming it is centered at the origin.[24]
  • is the line segment through the center of an ellipse defined by two points on the ellipse where the distance between them is at a minimum.[25]
  • If the major axis of an ellipse is parallel to the x-axis in a rectangular coordinate plane, we say that the ellipse is horizontal.[25]
  • If the major axis is parallel to the y-axis, we say that the ellipse is vertical.[25]
  • However, the ellipse has many real-world applications and further research on this rich subject is encouraged.[25]
  • As such, it generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal points are the same.[26]
  • The midpoint C {\displaystyle C} of the line segment joining the foci is called the center of the ellipse.[26]
  • An arbitrary line g {\displaystyle g} intersects an ellipse at 0, 1, or 2 points, respectively called an exterior line, tangent and secant.[26]
  • \displaystyle w} which is different from P {\displaystyle P} cannot be on the ellipse.[26]
  • Click on the blue point on the ellipse and drag it to change the figure.[27]
  • The eccentricity of an ellipse is a measure of how much it is changed from a circle.[27]
  • The ellipse was first studied by Menaechmus, investigated by Euclid, and named by Apollonius.[28]
  • The focus and conic section directrix of an ellipse were considered by Pappus.[28]
  • In 1602, Kepler believed that the orbit of Mars was oval; he later discovered that it was an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.[28]
  • Let an ellipse lie along the x-axis and find the equation of the figure (1) where and are at and .[28]

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