A Hypotrochoid generated by a fixed point on a Circle rolling inside a fixed Circle. It has parametric
equations,
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Additional attractive designs such as the following can also be made by superposing individual spirographs.
See also Epitrochoid, Hypotrochoid, Maurer Rose, Spirolateral
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