Cartesian second moment of a solid ellipsoid
ID: cartesian-second-moment-of-a-solid-ellipsoid
For the solid ellipsoid with positive semi-axes, set , , . The Jacobian determinant of this inverse coordinate map is , and becomes the unit ball. Symmetry gives , proving the displayed moment. The other two moments follow by interchanging the semi-axes; mixed moments vanish by reflection symmetry.
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