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Three Curves

© Copyright 2000, Jim Loy

The straight line, with four colored dots on it, is rotating at a constant rate. The red dot is constrained to the small circle. These curves are called limacons (limaçons) of Pascal.

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The above Java animation was created with Cinderella (a geometry program).

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