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Garfield Curve


GarfieldCurve

The Garfield curve is the name sometimes given to the curve with polar equation

 r=thetacostheta

when plotted from theta=-2pi to 2pi (Sisson and Szarvas 2016) because of its resemblance to the face of the cartoon character Garfield.


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References

Sisson, P. and Szarvas, T. Exercise 78 in Single Variable Calculus with Early Transcendentals. Mount Pleasant, SC: Hawkes Learning, p. 723, 2016.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Garfield Curve." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GarfieldCurve.html

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