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Swirl

A swirl is a generic word to describe a function having arcs which double back around each other. The plots above correspond to the function

 f(r,theta)=sin(6cosr-ntheta)

for n=0, 1, ..., 5.


See also

Butterfly Function, Daisy, Whirl

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References

Trott, M. Graphica 1: The World of Mathematica Graphics. The Imaginary Made Real: The Images of Michael Trott. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, pp. 36-37 and 86, 1999.

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

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