Ellipse is understood to be those geometric shapes that are formed by plane curves resulting from the intersection between a conical shape and a plane. The ellipse is not a circle but is made up of two lines perpendicular to each other, one of which is larger and the other smaller (generally the vertical line is the smallest since the ellipse is usually longer horizontally than vertically). The conjunction of these two lines is the center of the ellipse and with them the central axis of the ellipse is formed.
One of the characteristics of the ellipse is that if we draw any two points in any of the two mentioned lines, their union on the perimeter of the ellipse always forms a conical or triangular figure. Depending on where these points are drawn, the lines may be larger or smaller or even equal if they are drawn at a similar distance from the perimeter. In some cases, the ellipses can be the projection of the perspective of the circles.
The ellipse is also usually described as a smoother curve, which differentiates it from circles or semicircles. However, this does not mean that its axes are asymmetric, but rather that, in order to maintain the ellipse shape, the distance proportion between the major and minor lines must always be maintained.
Ellipses are present in many ways in real life. Thus, one of the best known forms of ellipses are the planetary rings around Saturn and other planets. These rings take the shape of an ellipse as well as the paths that these planets make around the Sun. Therefore, ellipses are important forms not only of geometry and trigonometry, but also of computer science and various computational supports in the that they are included in the corresponding computer language.
