The Pappus spiral is the name given to the conical
spiral with parametric equations
by Ferréol. It was studied by Pappus in the 4th century AD, Pascal in 1779, and Chasles in 1843 (Ferréol, O'Connor and Robertson 1999).
It is essentially the same as the "general form" of the conical
spiral.
See also
Concho-Spiral,
Conical
Spiral
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References
Ferréol, R. "Pappus Spiral." https://mathcurve.com/courbes3d.gb/spiraleconic/pappus.shtml.O'Connor, J. J. and Robertson, E. F. "Pappus of Alexandria." MacTutor History
of Mathematics Archive. Apr. 1999. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pappus/.Referenced
on Wolfram|Alpha
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