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Swastika Curve


SwastikaCurve

The swastika curve is Cundy and Rollett's (1989, p. 71) name for the quartic curve with Cartesian equation

 y^4-x^4=xy
(1)

and polar equation

 r^2=(sinthetacostheta)/(sin^4theta-cos^4theta).
(2)

A related family of algebraic curves is

 y^(2m)-x^(2m)=xy
(3)

for integers m>=2. M. Sotelo (pers. comm., Dec. 28, 2021) suggested the case m=3333. Each member has rotational symmetry of order 4 about the origin. It is unbounded, with oblique asymptotes y=+/-x.


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References

Cundy, H. and Rollett, A. Mathematical Models, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Pub., p. 71, 1989.

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

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