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In geometry, a sectrix of Maclaurin is defined as the curve swept out by the point of intersection of two lines which are each revolving at constant rates about different points called poles. Equivalently, a sectrix of Maclaurin can be defined as a curve whose equation in biangular coordinates is linear. The name is derived from the trisectrix of Maclaurin (named for Colin Maclaurin), which is a prominent member of the family, and their sectrix property, which means they can be used to divide an angle into a given number of equal parts. There are special cases are also known as arachnida or araneidans because of their spider-like shape, and Plateau curves after Joseph Plateau who studied them. ==Equations in polar coordinates== We are given two lines rotating about two poles and . By translation and rotation we may assume and . At time , the line rotating about has angle and the line rotating about has angle , where , , and are constants. Eliminate to get where and . We assume is rational, otherwise the curve is not algebraic and is dense in the plane. Let be the point of intersection of the two lines and let be the angle at , so . If is the distance from to then, by the law of sines, : so : is the equation in polar coordinates. The case and where is an integer greater than 2 gives arachnida or araneidan curves : The case and where is an integer greater than 1 gives alternate forms of arachnida or araneidan curves : A similar derivation to that above gives : as the polar equation (in and ) if the origin is shifted to the right by . Note that this is the earlier equation with a change of parameters; this to be expected from the fact that two poles are interchangeable in the construction of the curve. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sectrix of Maclaurin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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