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Rose (mathematics) — r=sin k heta, for various values of k=n/d.In mathematics, a rose or rhodonea curve is a sinusoid plotted in polar coordinates. Up to similarity, thesecurves can all be expressed by a polar equation of the form:!,r=cos(k heta).If k is an integer,… … Wikipedia
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rose — rose1 roseless, adj. roselike, adj. /rohz/, n., adj., v., rosed, rosing. n. 1. any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly stemmed, pinnate leaved, showy flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Cf. rose family. 2. any of various related or similar… … Universalium
rose — I. past of rise II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhodon rose, Persian gul Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a genus (Rosa of the family Rosaceae, the rose family) of usually prickly shrubs… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Maurer rose — In geometry, the concept of a Maurer rose was introduced by Peter M. Maurer in his article titled A Rose is a Rose...[1]. A Maurer rose consists of some lines that connect some points on a rose curve. A Maurer rose with n = 7 and… … Wikipedia
Lissajous curve — In mathematics, a Lissajous curve (Lissajous figure or Bowditch curve) is the graph of the system of parametric equations:x=Asin(at+delta),quad y=Bsin(bt),which describes complex harmonic motion. This family of curves was investigated by… … Wikipedia
Polar curve — For a plane curve given C by the equation f(x 0,x 1,x 2)and a point a = (a 0,a 1,a 2), the polar curveP a(C) is a curve given by the equation a 0 f 0 + a 1 f 1 + a 2 f 2 = 0, where f i are partial derivatives.The intersection of C and P a(C) is… … Wikipedia
Pedal curve — Geometric construction of the pedal of C with respect to P In the differential geometry of curves, a pedal curve is a curve derived by construction from a given curve (as is, for example, the involute). Let C be a given curve and P a fixed point… … Wikipedia
Laffer curve — In economics, the Laffer curve is used to illustrate the idea that increases in the rate of taxation may sometimes decrease tax revenue. Since a 100 percent income tax will generate no revenue (as citizens will have no incentive to work), the… … Wikipedia
