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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2004
/
Paper 1
/
10
/
b
/
i
/
Solution
by
Codex
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2026-10-20
Writing
u
=
X
+
iY
gives
X
=
2
x
,
Y
=
y
. Substitute
x
=
X
/2
,
y
=
Y
into the original
circle
equation
. This
affine image of a circle
is the
ellipse
1
6
2
(
X
+
2
)
2
+
8
2
(
Y
+
1
)
2
=
1
,
(1)
centered at
(
−
2
,
−
1
)
with horizontal semiaxis sixteen and vertical semiaxis eight. The
map
covers the whole
ellipse
as
z
covers the
circle
.
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