A swirl is a generic word to describe a function having arcs which double back around each other. The plots above correspond to the function
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for 
, 1, ..., 5.
Swirl
See also
Butterfly Function, Daisy, WhirlExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Trott, M. Graphica 1: The World of Mathematica Graphics. The Imaginary Made Real: The Images of Michael Trott. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, pp. 36-37 and 86, 1999.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
SwirlCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Swirl." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Swirl.html