The Ribocour curve is a flat curve, defined as the locus of the points , the constant ratio of the radius of curvature to the length of the normal segment from the intersection with the curve to the intersection with the x-axis .
The curve was investigated by Albert Ribokur in 1880.
Content
Equations
- in rectangular coordinates :
- Where - the ratio of the length of the normal to the radius of curvature.
- parametric equation:
- Where - whole.
Special Cases
- Circumference at ,
- Cycloid with ,
- Chain line at ,
- Parabola at .
- Sinusoidal helix
Literature
- Mathematical encyclopedia (in 5 volumes). - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1982.
- A. A. Savelov. Flat curves. - M. , 1960.
See also
- Sinusoidal helix
- the Rose