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Polar plot with a twist.

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• Subject: [mg26173] Polar plot with a twist.
• From: "Thomas A. Rammer" <tomrammer at hotmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 01:04:14 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I have a nasty equation that I want to plot:

r^2 * Exp[-r] * (Cos[t])^2 == 1

What I really want to do is plot t as a function of r in polar 
coordinates.  Is this possible, and if not, how would you suggest I work 
around this?

Thanks

~Tom

tomrammer at hotmail.com

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