On the constructibility of the axes of an ellipsoid: the construction of Chasles in practice

DOI10.1007/S00022-018-0437-ZMaRDI QIDQ2413554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ákos G. Horváth, I. Prok

Publication date 14 September 2018

Published in Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07277

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsoidconjugate diametersconstructibilityChasles's construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss Chasles's construction on ellipsoid to draw the semi-axes from a complete system of conjugate diameters. We prove that there is such situation when the construction is not planar (the needed points cannot be constructed with compasses and ruler) and give some others in which the construction is planar.In this paper we discuss Chasles's construction on ellipsoid to draw the semi-axes from a complete system of conjugate diameters. We prove that there is such situation when the construction is not planar (the needed points cannot be constructed with compasses and ruler) and give some others in which the construction is planar.

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