Circles, Ellipses, and Lissajous Curves
- Author:
- J Mulholland
- Topic:
- Calculus
Some of the most basic parametric curves. Here we see that circles, ellipses and Lissajous curves all arise from sine and cosine through parametrizations.
All the examples here are curves of the form
for constants .
Drag the slider to change the input and what the curve be drawn.
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