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Ellipsoid

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An ellipsoid is a level set (x−c)TA(x−c)=1 for a real symmetric positive-definite matrix A. Its principal axes are the orthonormal eigenvectors of A, and an eigenvalue λ gives semi-axis length 1/λ​.

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An ellipsoid is a three-dimensional geometric shape that is a generalized form of an ellipse. It is defined mathematically as the set of points in three-dimensional space that are a constant distance from a central point, but in this case, the distance is scaled differently along different axes.
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