Bullet Nose
BulletNose
A quartic curve with implicit equation
or
| a^2y^2-b^2x^2=x^2y^2 |
(2)
|
and a,b>0. In parametric form,
x = +/-acost
(3)
y = bcott.
(4)
The curvature is
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References
Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, pp. 127-129, 1972.Shikin, E. V. Handbook and Atlas of Curves. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 96, 1995.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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