Hyperbolic Spiral Roulette

The roulette of the pole of a hyperbolic spiral rolling on a straight line is a tractrix.

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

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