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Cocked Hat Curve

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{CockedHatCurve.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

The Plane Curve

\begin{displaymath}
(x^2+2ay-a^2)^2=y^2(a^2-x^2),
\end{displaymath}

which is similar to the Bicorn.


References

Cundy, H. and Rollett, A. Mathematical Models, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Pub., p. 72, 1989.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26