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Astroid
Astroid is a particular type of curve: a hypocycloid with four cusps. Astroids are also superellipses: all astroids are scaled versions of the curve specified by the equation
x^(2/3)+y^(2/3)=1
Mechanical construction of the astroid curve. A didactic example.
Astroid:
astroid.html
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