Given a source and a curve , pick a point on and find its tangent . Then the Locus of
reflections of about tangents is the orthotomic curve (also known as the secondary Caustic). The
Involute of the orthotomic is the Caustic. For a parametric curve with respect to the point
, the orthotomic is
See also Caustic, Involute
References
Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 60, 1972.