Saturday, 24 August 2013

Construction of a Triangle

Construction of a Triangle

The method which I adopt for constructing the triangle is very similar to
the method used in the construction of the batman curve.
If you are not familiar with this technique I suggest you look at this
answer concerning the construction of the batman curve so you may become
familiar with the method.
Okay So I am trying to construct a right-angled triangle. First I start
with this equation:
$$|x|+|y|=1$$ This produces a square as such:

Now to cut this in half I turn the absolute function into it's root
representation and swap the square and radical for $x$:
$$\left(\sqrt{x}\right)^2+\sqrt{y^2}-1=0$$
that produces this:

Now this is the first part of the equation.
Second part focuses on a line $x=0$ from $x=-1$ to $x=1$. This is what I
came up with: $$x\sqrt{1-y^2}=0$$
Now in theory I should be able to multiply the two expressions from the
LHS of equation $1$ and $2$ to get my desired triangle. However this is
not the case and the $2^{\text{nd}}$ expression becomes hidden. However
what I have found is that if you add an arbitrarily small value to $x$ it
becomes visible but it is not geometrically a triangle. So I have devised
a hypothesis about the expression.
$$\left(\left(\sqrt{x}\right)^2+\sqrt{y^2}-1\right)x\sqrt{1-y^2}=0$$ The
equation that doesn't work.
$$\left(\left(\sqrt{x}\right)^2+\sqrt{y^2}-1\right)\left(\lim_{\epsilon\to0}
x + \epsilon\right)\sqrt{1-y^2}=0$$ This is my hypothesis.
So my questions are:
Am I going down the right track in constructing a triangle if so:
Is there anything I can do to improve my current work?
Why is it that the second expression gets hidden?
If not:
What route should I be taking?
Is there a general equation for a triangle?

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