Re: Transforming expressions into ellipse normal form

From: Torsten Hennig (Torsten.Hennig_at_umsicht.fhg.de)
Date: 03/22/05


Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:06:54 EST

Hi,

write 3x^2-2xy+3y^2 as (x,y)'A(x,y) for a symmetric
(2x2)-matrix A and transform A to diagonal form by
determining its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Best wishes
Torsten.