Ellipsoid with pi

Geometry Level 5

3 x 2 + 116 y 2 + 4 x y + z 2 = 7 π \Large{3x^2+116y^2+4xy+z^2=\frac{7}{\pi}}

What is the volume of the graph formed by the equation above?


The answer is 0.751.

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1 solution

Otto Bretscher
Nov 22, 2015

The symmetric matrix A A of the quadratic form q ( x , y , z ) = 3 x 2 + 116 y 2 + 4 x y + z 2 = 7 π q(x,y,z)=3x^2+116y^2+4xy+z^2=\frac{7}{\pi} is A = [ 3 2 0 2 116 0 0 0 1 ] A=\begin{bmatrix}3&2&0\\2&116&0\\0&0&1\end{bmatrix} with det A = 344 \det A=344 . If λ k \lambda_k , for k = 1 , 2 , 3 k=1,2,3 , are the eigenvalues of A A , then the semi-axes of the ellipsoid q ( x , y , z ) = 7 π q(x,y,z)=\frac{7}{\pi} are c k = 7 λ k π c_k=\sqrt{\frac{7}{\lambda_k\pi}} and the volume of the ellipsoid is V = 4 π 3 c 1 c 2 c 3 = 4 π 3 7 3 π 3 det A = 7 3 14 43 π V=\frac{4\pi}{3}c_1c_2c_3=\frac{4\pi}{3}\sqrt{\frac{7^3}{\pi^3\det A}}=\frac{7}{3}\sqrt{\frac{14}{43\pi}} , so that the sum we seek is 67 \boxed{67}

sir I have changed it to a , A a,A are co-prime integers and the pair too ( α , A \alpha, A^{'} )

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