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Limaçon Evolute

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Limacon Evolute

LimaconEvolute

The catacaustic of a circle for a radiant point is the limaçon evolute. It has parametric equations

x=(a[4a^2+4b^2+9abcost-abcos(3t)])/(4(2a^2+b^2+3abcost))
(1)
y=(a^2bsin^3t)/(2a^2+b^2+3abcost).
(2)

See also

Evolute, Limaçon

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Limaçon Evolute." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LimaconEvolute.html

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