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Old curves in a new setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

C. R. Haines
C. R. Haines*
Affiliation:
The City University, St. John Street, London EC1V 4PB
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Apart from the conic sections, many well known curves have physical and geometrical applications which are readily understood by sixth formers and undergraduates. The catenary, cycloid, spirals, involutes, evolutes and many others appear in courses in civil engineering and control mechanisms, and frequently in A level calculus questions.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 61 , Issue 418 , December 1977 , pp. 262 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1977

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