The epitrochoid evolute is the evolute of an epitrochoid. For an epitrochoid specified by circle radii 
and 
with offset 
, its parametric
equations are
 |  | ![(ah[(a+b)c_1(t)cost+bc_2(t)cos(((a+b)t)/b)])/(b^3+(a+b)h^2-b(a+2b)hcos((at)/b))](/images/equations/EpitrochoidEvolute/Inline6.svg) |
(1)
|
 |  | ![(ah[(a+b)c_1(t)sint+bc_2(t)sin(((a+b)t)/b)])/(b^3+(a+b)h^2-b(a+2b)hcos((at)/b)),](/images/equations/EpitrochoidEvolute/Inline9.svg) |
(2)
|
where
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(3)
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(4)
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Epitrochoid Evolute
See also
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Cite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Epitrochoid Evolute." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EpitrochoidEvolute.html