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Epispiral Inverse Curve

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

The Inverse Curve of the Epispiral

\begin{displaymath}
r=a\sec(n\theta)
\end{displaymath}

with Inversion Center at the origin and inversion radius $k$ is the Rose

\begin{displaymath}
r={k\cos(n\theta)\over a}.
\end{displaymath}




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1999-05-25