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Swastika Curve

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SwastikaCurve

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

y^4-x^4=xy

and polar equation

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

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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 Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SwastikaCurve.html

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