On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> Technically, what we have is *not* an ellipse - it's a stretched arc.

?

The linear "stretching" transformation (x', y') = (a*x, b*y) applied to a 
circle yields an ellipse whose axes are parallel to the coordinate axes.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
j...@noqsi.com




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