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Doppler Spiral


The Doppler spiral is the curve obtained from an Archimedes' spiral which is translated horizontally with speed k. It has parametric equations

x(t)=a(tcost+kt)
(1)
y(t)=atsint.
(2)

See also

Archimedes' Spiral, Spiral

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References

Ferréol, R. "Doppler Spiral." https://mathcurve.com/courbes2d.gb/doppler/doppler.htm.

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Doppler Spiral." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DopplerSpiral.html

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