A ladder ellipse problem

MaRDI QIDQ2796479zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alan Horwitz

Publication date 24 March 2016

Published in Forum Geometricorum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.02051, http://forumgeom.fau.edu/FG2016volume16/FG201609index.html

zbMATH Keywords

ladder ellipse problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

Abstract: We consider a problem similar to the well-known ladder box problem, but where the box is replaced by an ellipse. A ladder of a given length, $s$, with ends on the positive x and y axes, is known to touch an ellipse that lies in the first quadrant and is tangent to the positive x and y axes. We then want to find the height of the top of the ladder above the floor. We show that there is a value, $s=s_0$, such that there is only one possible position of the ladder, while if $s>s_0$, then there are two different possible positions of the ladder. Our solution involves solving an equation which is equivalent to solving a 4th degree polynomial equation.

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1533167
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1078079
• Neoconjugate norms and a generalized ladder problem
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1921301
• Revisiting the sliding ladder

Cited in

(6)

• Laslett's line segment problem
• Variations of the Sliding Ladder Problem
• Solving the Ladder Problem on the Back of an Envelope
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1921301 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1533167 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6740098 (Why is no real title available?)

This page was built for publication: A ladder ellipse problem

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2796479)