Olympiad Maths Prep

Track / Stage 6 / 230 of 400 #1230 of 2000

Problem 1230

National olympiad, first round
Algebra Difficulty 6.4 Prove it

[ Second-order curves ]

Prove that under the rotation x=xcosφ+ysinφ,y=xsinφ+ycosφx^{\prime \prime}=x^{\prime} \cos \varphi+y^{\prime} \sin \varphi, y^{\prime \prime}=-x^{\prime} \sin \varphi+y^{\prime} \cos \varphi the expression ax2+2bxy+cy2a x^{\prime 2}+2 b x^{\prime} y^{\prime}+c y^{\prime 2} transforms into a1x2+2b1xy+c1y2a_{1} x^{\prime 2}+2 b_{1} x^{\prime \prime} y^{\prime \prime}+c_{1} y^{\prime 2}, and that a1c1b12=acb2a_{1} c_{1}-b_{1}^{2}=a c-b^{2}.

This one wants a proof. Work it on paper, read the official solution, then mark yourself honestly — the ladder only means something if the record is true.

Official solution

When solving problem 31.002\underline{31.002}, we obtained that

a1=acos2φ2bcosφsinφ+csin2φb1=acosφsinφ+b(cos2φsin2φ)ccosφsinφc1=asin2φ+2bcosφsinφ+ccos2φ \begin{aligned} & a_{1}=a \cos ^{2} \varphi-2 b \cos \varphi \sin \varphi+c \sin ^{2} \varphi \\ & b_{1}=a \cos \varphi \sin \varphi+b\left(\cos ^{2} \varphi-\sin ^{2} \varphi\right)-c \cos \varphi \sin \varphi \\ & c_{1}=a \sin ^{2} \varphi+2 b \cos \varphi \sin \varphi+c \cos ^{2} \varphi \end{aligned}

Therefore,

a1c1b12=(a+c)sin2φcos2φ+ac(sin4φ+cos4φ)2b(ac)sinφcosφ(sin2φcos2φ)4b2sin2φcos2φ(a+c)sin2φcos2φ+2acsin2φcos2φ2b(ac)sinφcosφ(cos2φsin2φ)b2(cos2φsin2φ)2==acb2 \begin{aligned} a_{1} c_{1}-b_{1}{ }^{2} & =(a+c) \sin ^{2} \varphi \cos ^{2} \varphi+a c\left(\sin ^{4} \varphi+\cos ^{4} \varphi\right)- \\ & -2 b(a-c) \sin \varphi \cos \varphi\left(\sin ^{2} \varphi-\cos ^{2} \varphi\right)-4 b^{2} \sin ^{2} \varphi \cos ^{2} \varphi- \\ & -(a+c) \sin ^{2} \varphi \cos ^{2} \varphi+2 a c \sin ^{2} \varphi \cos ^{2} \varphi- \\ & -2 b(a-c) \sin \varphi \cos \varphi\left(\cos ^{2} \varphi-\sin ^{2} \varphi\right)-b^{2}\left(\cos ^{2} \varphi-\sin ^{2} \varphi\right)^{2}= \\ & =a c-b^{2} \end{aligned}

Source: NuminaMath-1.5, licensed Apache-2.0. Statement and solution reproduced as published; topic, difficulty and ordering added by this site.