// Calculation Program for displaying a single circle, 2 July, 2008
// Equation of the curve: b*b*x*x+c*c*y*y=a*a. a, b and c are arbitrary real numbers.
// file name: cercle.c
#include< stdio.h>
#include< math.h>
void main(void)
{
double x,y,a,b,c;
int i,imax,j,m;
double xmin,xmax,dx;
double xx[10001],yy[10001];
FILE *fp;
// Setting of the constants
a=1;
b=1;
c=1;
printf("a=%f\n\n",a);
// Setting of the other parameters
// xmin and xmax are the minimum and maximum points of the curve on the x-axis
xmin=-sqrt(a*a/(b*b));
xmax=sqrt(a*a/(b*b));
dx=(xmax-xmin)/4000;// plotting interval of x
// execution of calculation
i=0;
for(x=xmin;x<=xmax;x=x+dx)
{
i++;
xx[i]=x;
y=sqrt((a*a-b*b*x*x)/(c*c));
yy[i]=y;
printf("i=%d,x=%f,y=%f\n",i,x,y);
}
imax=i;
j=0;
for(i=imax+1;i<=2*imax;i++)
{
j++;
m=imax-j;
xx[i]=xx[m];
x=xx[i];
yy[i]=-sqrt((a*a-b*b*x*x)/(c*c));
}
// writing the calculated coordinates data of the curve into a textfile
fp=fopen("circle.txt","w");
if(fp==NULL)
{
printf("FILE OPEN ERROR\n");
}
else
{
for(i=1;i<=2*imax-1;i++)
{
fprintf(fp,"%f,%f\n",xx[i],yy[i]);
}
fflush(fp);
fclose(fp);
}
printf("end\n");
}// the end of the program
RETURN