Butterfly curve (transcendental)
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The butterfly curve.
The butterfly curve is a transcendental plane curve discovered by Temple H. Fay. The curve is given by the following parametric equations:
or by the following polar equation:
See also
References
- Fay, Temple H. (May 1989). "The Butterfly Curve". Amer. Math. Monthly. 96 (5): 442–443. doi:10.2307/2325155. JSTOR 2325155.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Butterfly Curve". MathWorld.
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