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Where <math>\theta</math> is the angle formed by the horizontal and the center of the rolling circle (these are not polar equations because <math>\theta</math> is not the polar angle). |
Where <math>\theta</math> is the angle formed by the horizontal and the center of the rolling circle (these are not polar equations because <math>\theta</math> is not the polar angle). |
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Special cases include the [[hypocycloid]] with ''d'' = ''r'' and the [[ellipse]] with ''R'' = 2''r''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LRumtTimYgC&pg=PA906|title=Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica|edition=Second|last=Gray|first=Alfred|authorlink=Alfred Gray (mathematician)|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780849371646|language=en|page=906}}</ref> (see [[Tusi couple]]) |
Special cases include the [[hypocycloid]] with ''d'' = ''r'' and the [[ellipse]] with ''R'' = 2''r''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LRumtTimYgC&pg=PA906|title=Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica|edition=Second|last=Gray|first=Alfred|authorlink=Alfred Gray (mathematician)|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780849371646|language=en|page=906}}</ref> (see [[Tusi couple]]) |
Revision as of 13:34, 31 August 2018
A hypotrochoid is a roulette traced by a point attached to a circle of radius r rolling around the inside of a fixed circle of radius R, where the point is a distance d from the center of the interior circle.
The parametric equations for a hypotrochoid are:[1]
Where is the angle formed by the horizontal and the center of the rolling circle (these are not polar equations because is not the polar angle). When measured in radian, takes value from to where LCM is least common multiple.
Special cases include the hypocycloid with d = r and the ellipse with R = 2r.[2] (see Tusi couple)
The classic Spirograph toy traces out hypotrochoid and epitrochoid curves.
See also
References
- ^ J. Dennis Lawrence (1972). A ca of special plane curves. Dover Publications. pp. 165–168. ISBN 0-486-60288-5.
- ^ Gray, Alfred. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica (Second ed.). CRC Press. p. 906. ISBN 9780849371646.
External links
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Hypotrochoid". MathWorld.
- Flash Animation of Hypocycloid
- Hypotrochoid from Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves, Xah Lee
- Interactive hypotrochoide animation
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hypotrochoid", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews