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11 questions linked to/from How do I get my equation to have the form $(x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 + (z-c)^2-d = 0$?
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How to simplify an equation corresponding to an ellipsoid? [duplicate]
The equation
29/36 - x/2 + x^2/4 + y/9 + y^2/36 - (4 z)/9 + z^2/9 == 1
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How can I transform a quadratic into an factored equation? [duplicate]
How can I transform a quadratic polynomial in x and y into an equation of the form $(x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=c$?
f = -9 x + (3 x^2)/4 + (3 y^2)/4;
Completing the Square
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Simplifying a quadratic [duplicate]
I have a general query about simplifying expressions in Mathematica, which I will illustrate using quadratics. If I tell Mathematica to simplify $a x^2 + b x + c$ then
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Defining a function that completes the square given a quadratic polynomial expression
How can I write a function that would complete the square in a quadratic polynomial expression such that, for example,
CompleteTheSquare[5 x^2 + 27 x - 5, x]
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Does Mathematica have a command that can directly get the center coordinates $(x,y)$ and radius $r$ of a circle?
I have an equation of a circle:
x^2+y^2+2x-15==0
Does Mathematica have a command that can directly get the center coordinates $(x,y)$ and radius $r$?
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How can I get the center and radius of this circle?
I am able to make Mathematica plot the solution to a complex inequality as the interior or exterior of a circle :
Let $a$ be a positive real constant, and $f(z) = \frac{z+1}{z-1}$. I want to get the ...
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Factoring the square of this polynomial?
I have a polynomial $$\frac{b^4}{a^4}-\frac{2 b^2}{a^2}+1$$ and I want to complete the square to get this kind of expression: $$\left(1-\frac{b^2}{a^2}\right)^2.$$
I had try:
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How can I transform the circle $x^2+y^2+a x+b y+c=0$ into $ (x-A)^2+(y-B)^2+C=0$
I want Mathematica to put the circle given by $x^2+y^2+a x+b y+c=0$ into the standard form $(x-A)^2+(y-B)^2+C=0$, but I haven't been able to.
I tried:
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SchurDecomposition doesn't work (in a weird way)
I have written a function to get the canonical form of a 3D quadric surface. This involves finding a unitary transformation of the coordinates which eliminates the cross-terms such as $xy$ or $xz$. ...
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How to transform elliptic equation and hyperbola equation into standard form?
The elliptic trajectory equation and hyperbola trajectory equation are generated according to the code, but the final form is not the standard form. How to generate the standard equation form?
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How to optimize the code for deriving the standard equation of the Apollonian circle?
The distance from a moving point in the plane to (0,0) is lambda times the distance from (a, 0). And lambda is not equal to 1. Find the equation
The standard equation form for a circle is:
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