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Epicycloid Radial Curve

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The Radial Curve of an Epicycloid is shown above for an epicycloid with four cusps. It is not a Rose, as claimed by Lawrence (1972).


References

Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 202, 1972.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25