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I need an efficient algorithm to find the ellipse with the smallest possible area which encloses two given ellipses. The given ellipses are constrained to have coincident centers at the origin but can ...

Let $(\mathcal{M}, d)$ be a metric space. Let $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $[\mathcal{M}]^k$ be the set of $k$-subsets of $\mathcal{M}$. Consider the following problem: $$ \operatorname*{argmin}_{\mathcal{...

Consider the ellipsoid described by the inequality $(x - x_c)^T P^{-1} (x - x_c) \leq 1$, where the vector $x_c \in \mathbb{R}^n$ denotes the center of the ellipsoid and the symmetric positive ...

Given a set of N > 2 (two-dimensional and coplanar) ellipses, all centered at the origin, how do I find the ellipse with the minimum area which encloses all of them? Background: Thanks to Will Jagy ...