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Circle Pedal Curve

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The Pedal Curve of a Circle is a Cardioid if the Pedal Point is taken on the Circumference,

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{CirclePedal.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

and otherwise a Limaçon.



© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26