Re: sinosidal circle equation
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- Subject: [mg29911] Re: sinosidal circle equation
- From: "Orestis Vantzos" <atelesforos at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:08:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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ParametricPlot[(R1 + R2 Sin[(L/2) t]^2){Cos[t], Sin[t]}, {t, 0, 2Pi}]
will produce a "wavy circle" with inner radius R1, outer radius R2 and L
"leaves".
Orestis
"Dr. Jasjit Suri" <jsuri at mr.marconimed.com> wrote in message
news:9iomai$i0l$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi,
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> I generated a flower image like this:
> d = sqrt((x0-x)^2 + (y-y0)^2)
> r = Constant*[cos(angle)]^2......................imp.
> if (d <= r) { HIGH value} else{LOW value}
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> this gives me a flower image.
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> i would like to generate a smooth sine wave pattern
> around the circle..... The wavy circle should go in and out..
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> Is there a std. equation of this curve ?
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> thanks.
> jas
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