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Tschirnhausen Cubic Pedal Curve

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

The Pedal Curve to the Tschirnhausen Cubic for Pedal Point at the origin is the Parabola

$\displaystyle x$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle 1-t^2$  
$\displaystyle y$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle 2t.$  

See also Parabola, Pedal Curve, Pedal Point, Tschirnhausen Cubic



© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26