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Pearls of Sluze

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


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y^m=kx^n(a-x)^b.
\end{displaymath}

The curves with integral $n$, $p$, and $m$ were studied by de Sluze between 1657 and 1698. The name ``Pearls of Sluze'' was given to these curves by Blaise Pascal (MacTutor Archive).


References

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. ``Pearls of Sluze.'' http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Pearls.html.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26