Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Is there a way of drawing an ellipse with a compass?

  If you want a mathematical ellipse, the answer is obviously no. As you
traverse the boundary of the ellipse, the radius constantly changes, and
this is of course impossible to achieve with a regular compass.

  Ellipses can be approximated with a compass, though.

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