Re: angles of an ellipse
- From: Kae Verens <kae@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 20:44:53 +0000
A N Niel wrote:
>>Given an ellipse of radii r1 (horizontal) and r2 (vertical), I need to
>>find the angle from the origin to a point x distance around the
>>perimeter (either direction) from a point (0,r2).
>>
>>Kae
>
>
> That is known as an "elliptic integral".
thanks. That lead me here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_integral
I think I can figure out the maths from there.
Kae
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