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Transformation of Coordinates

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Translation of Coordinate Axes

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Translation of Coordinate Axes.
Points are same point.
Point is defined relative to origin black arrows.
Point is defined relative to origin red arrows.

Any point in the 2 dimensional Cartesian plane is usually defined as meaning that the point is units horizontally from origin and units vertically from origin.

It is always possible, and sometimes desirable, to give the point a new name or definition that reflects its position relative to another point in the 2 dimensional plane, for example the position of which is defined as relative to origin

In the diagram point and point are the same point. It's just that the point has the name or definition when referenced to origin (black arrows), and when referenced to origin (red arrows).


By inspection:

  • or
  • or


Actual values:


Point is defined as relative to origin and point the same point, is defined as relative to origin

Examples

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Linear function

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Translation of Coordinate Axes applied to linear function.
line1 can have 2 equations:
* relative to origin
* relative to origin

In the diagram line1 has equation

What is equation of line1 relative to origin


Using


When become this means that equation is relative to origin line1 can have equation or equation


Equation relative to origin is same as equation relative to origin

Note that in both cases:

  • intercept relative to origin is
  • intercept relative to origin is

Rotation of Coordinate Axes

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Rotation of Coordinate Axes.
Point has 2 names or definitions:
when defined relative to black arrows.
when defined relative to red arrows.

If axis, line , is rotated through angle so that axis of new system becomes then:

  • Counter-clockwise rotation occurs when is positive.
  • axis of new system becomes
  • angle between and is
  • angle between and is


See diagram. By inspection:

Angle

From

From


From and


Actual values:

Converting from to

# Python code.
>>> c,s = cosθ,sinθ = 4/5,3/5 ; c,s
(0.8, 0.6)
>>> x,y = 15,30
>>> x1 = x*c + y*s
>>> y1 = y*c - x*s
>>> x1,y1
(30.0, 15.0)

Process reversed:

# Python code.
>>> c,s = cosθ,sinθ = 4/5,-3/5 ; c,s
(0.8, -0.6)
>>> x,y = 30,15
>>> x1 = x*c + y*s
>>> y1 = y*c - x*s
>>> x1,y1
(15.0, 30.0)

Examples

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Linear function

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Rotation of Coordinate Axes applied to linear function.
line1 has 2 equations:
* relative to (black system).
* relative to (red system).

Let a line have equation:

Let

After rotation, equation of line relative to (red arrows) is:

where:


In the diagram line1 has equation and


What is equation of line1 relative to (red system)?

# python code.
>>> a,b,d = 6,17,-300
>>> c,s = cosθ,sinθ = 4/5,3/5 ; c,s
(0.8, 0.6)
>>> A = a*c + b*s ; A
15.0
>>> B = b*c - a*s ; B
10.0

Equation of line1 relative to or

Triangles are congruent.

Line1: has same position in red system as line2: in black system.

Quartic function

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Rotation of Coordinate Axes applied to quartic function.
Position of black curve in red system is same as that of red curve in black system.

Let quartic function be defined as

In diagram, and axes are rotated through angle to produce new system of coordinates (red system.)


What is equation of relative to red system?

After substituting appropriate values for code supplied to application grapher is:

  (0.0325520833333333)  ((x(0.8) - y(0.6))^4) 
+ (-0.252604166666667)  ((x(0.8) - y(0.6))^3) 
+ (-0.307291666666667)  ((x(0.8) - y(0.6))^2) 
+            (2.84375)  ((x(0.8) - y(0.6))  )
+ (2.375)
- (x(0.6) + y(0.8)) = 0

Red curve in diagram has equation

Ellipse

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Graph in 2 dimensions illustrating Rotation of Coordinate Axes applied to ellipse.

Equation of ellipse in diagram is:

What is equation of relative to minor and major axes (red system)?


The most general equation of second degree in has form:

Rotation of coordinate axes when applied to the general equation produces the primed equation: where:


Choose values of that make coefficient

From coefficient above:

Square both sides, substitute for expand, gather like terms and result is:

where:

See also: Solving ellipse at origin.


From above, or

or

Graph in 2 dimensions showing 2 ellipses, f'(x,y), where f'(x,y) is f(x,y) relative to its minor and major axes.
# python code.
values_of_cosθ_sinθ = (
    (0.6,-0.8),
    (0.6,0.8),
    (0.8,-0.6),
    (0.8,0.6),
)

a,b,c,d,e,f = 55,-24,48,0,0,-2496

for ns in values_of_cosθ_sinθ :
    n,s = ns
    B = b*n*n + (2*c-2*a)*n*s - b*s*s
    if (abs(B) < 1e-14) :
        print ('ns =',n,s)
        A = a*n*n + b*n*s + c*s*s
        C = c*n*n - b*n*s + a*s*s
        D = d*n + e*s
        E = e*n - d*s
        F = f
        print ('   ',A,0,C,D,E,F)
ns = 0.6 0.8
    39.0 0 64.0 0.0 0.0 -2496
ns = 0.8 -0.6
    64.0 0 39.0 0.0 0.0 -2496

When

When

In this context, is not the derivative of

Expression means relative to primed system (red system.)


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