How to convert parametric parabola to general conic form? Or, even better, how to find $p$ and $θ$ as new parameters. As part of a study for finding the vertex of a parabola, I made up a simple parametric parabola. $$\mathbf{r}:\left(\begin{array}{c} x\\ y \end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c} 2t^{2}-2t+1\\ -2t^{2}+5t-1 \end{array}\right)$$ I was using it to find the vertex by minimizing the magnitude of the tangent vector. That worked OK and the vertex was found to be $(h,k)=(25/32,59/32).\,$ But then, I wanted to convert it to be parametrized as $$\left(\begin{array}{c} x\\ y \end{array}\right)=\left(\begin{array}{c} h\\ k \end{array}\right)+\left(\begin{array}{cc} \cos\theta & -\sin\theta\\ \sin\theta & \cos\theta \end{array}\right)\left(\begin{array}{c} (2p)\tau\\ (p)\tau^{2} \end{array}\right)\tag{1}$$ I changed the equation parameter from t to τ because the two parametrizations are not the same.
From here I get a bit stuck. I tried to get $θ$ and $p$ by finding a couple of points $(x,y)$ on the parabola and I hoped to match coefficients - but there weren't any. Nor could I get enough information to solve for $p$ and $θ$. So then, I decided to convert it to general conic form, but oops - I didn't know how to do that either. Geogebra will just tell me the answer!. It is $−2x^2−4xy−2y^2+15x+6y−9=0$. I know how to rotate this and find $θ$ and $p$. I do not know how to convert $\mathbf{r}$ into the general conic? Both equations, when solved for $t$ give $\pm$parts and are unsuitable for substitution to get the general conic. So, How do it know?
$\lim_\limits{t\to \infty} \frac {y(t)}{x(t)}$ gives the slope of the axis of symmetry the parabola.
Since $\lim_\limits{t\to \infty} \frac {y(t)}{x(t)} = \infty$ is a parabola in standard position, our rotation angle $\theta$ is $\frac \pi 2$ off from standard.
$\lim_\limits{t\to \infty} \frac {y(t)}{x(t)} = \tan (\theta+\frac {\pi}{2}) = -\cot\theta$
And in the general quadratic...
$Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 + \cdots...$
$\frac {A-C}{B} = \cot 2\theta$ gives the rotation angle from standard....