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What curves cross every parabola y = ax² at right angles, and why does a slope condition alone pin them down as ellipses?
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Tangent twice the ray slope:
Translate the geometric condition into the equation, separate variables, integrate with absolute values to reach , check it by differentiating, and note that the method misses .
The breakdown at and half-parabolas
Record that the equation is undefined at , that a solution may leave the origin along a different branch than it arrived on, and that solutions are half-parabolas from the origin.
Perpendicular curves: the ellipses
Derive the slope as the negative reciprocal, separate and integrate, note that only positive constants give solutions, and compute the semi-axes and with ratio .
Explicit half-ellipses and vertical slopes at
Write the explicit solutions as top and bottom halves, record the vertical slope at their ends , and state the unit theme: derivative information determines the function.