A Common Generating Set of Equations
- Author:
- Simona Riva
- Topic:
- Algebra, Equations, Parametric Curves
There is a whole family of curves (including knots) which are defined by the equations:
that we usually use to convert from polar to Cartesian coordinates.
For the knot in the app below, , and are functions of a parameter , as follows:
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For the knot in the app below,