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Galilean Spiral


GalileanSpiral

The Galilean spiral is the curve with polar equation

 r=btheta^2-a

for a>0 which describes the trajectory of a point uniformly accelerated along a line rotating about a point.


See also

Spiral

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References

Ferréol, R. "Galilean Spiral." https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d.gb/galilee/galilee.shtml.

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Galilean Spiral." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GalileanSpiral.html

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