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edited Dec 11 '13 at 4:14 John Paul

answered Dec 11 '13 at 3:48 Dave

package com.math;

public class CalculatePoints {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    /*
     * 
    dp(t) = sqrt( (r1*sin(t))^2 + (r2*cos(t))^2)
    circ = sum(dp(t), t=0..2*Pi step 0.0001)

    n = 20

    nextPoint = 0
    run = 0.0
    for t=0..2*Pi step 0.0001
        if n*run/circ >= nextPoint then
            set point (r1*cos(t), r2*sin(t))
            nextPoint = nextPoint + 1
        next
        run = run + dp(t)
    next
 */


    double r1 = 20.0;
    double r2 = 10.0;

    double theta = 0.0;
    double twoPi = Math.PI*2.0;
    double deltaTheta = 0.0001;
    double numIntegrals = Math.round(twoPi/deltaTheta);
    double circ=0.0;
    double dpt=0.0;

    /* integrate over the elipse to get the circumference */
    for( int i=0; i < numIntegrals; i++ ) {
        theta += i*deltaTheta;
        dpt = computeDpt( r1, r2, theta);
        circ += dpt;
    }
    System.out.println( "circumference = " + circ );

    int n=20;
    int nextPoint = 0;
    double run = 0.0;
    theta = 0.0;

    for( int i=0; i < numIntegrals; i++ ) {
        theta += deltaTheta;
        double subIntegral = n*run/circ;
        if( (int) subIntegral >= nextPoint ) {
            double x = r1 * Math.cos(theta);
            double y = r2 * Math.sin(theta);
            System.out.println( "x=" + Math.round(x) + ", y=" + Math.round(y));
            nextPoint++;
        }
        run += computeDpt(r1, r2, theta);
    }
}

static double computeDpt( double r1, double r2, double theta ) {
    double dp=0.0;

    double dpt_sin = Math.pow(r1*Math.sin(theta), 2.0);
    double dpt_cos = Math.pow( r2*Math.cos(theta), 2.0);
    dp = Math.sqrt(dpt_sin + dpt_cos);

    return dp;
}

}