Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves

Special Plane Curves

Methods of Generating New Curves

• Caustics
• Cissoid
• Conchoid
• Envelope
• Evolute
• Involute
• Geometric Inversion
• Orthoptic
• Parallel Curve
• Pedal Curve
• Radial Curve
• Roulette

Math of Curves

• Geometry: Coordinate Systems for Plane Curves
• Coordinate Transformation
• Vectors
• Naming and Classification of Curves

• Cusp
• Curvature

work in progress:

• Line
• Circle
• Exponential Curve
• Spiric Section
• Hyperbolic Trig Functions
• Lissajous
• Polynomial

Misc Galleries

• Geometry: Gallery of Surfaces
• Math of Seashell Shapes
• Spirals in Nature
• Curlicues
• Circle Inversion Gallery
• Epitrochoid and Hypotrochoid Animation Gallery

Info About This Site

• Special Plane Curves: What's New
• Special Plane Curves: Introduction
• Mathematica Packages for Plane Curves
• Plane Geometry Software
• Special Plane Curves: Mailing List
• Buy A Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves

• Plane Curves: GeoGebra Files Index

Reference

• Plane Curves Books
• Websites on Plane Curves
• Curves and Their Properties by Robert Yates