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Lemniscater

March 19, 2019

An ice skater versus a 'lemniscater,' who skates the figure-eight lemniscate curve.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-03-19-lemniscater/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Ice Skater] a skater gliding in a line. [Lemniscater] a skater tracing a figure-eight (∞) on the ice.

Topics
Geometry › Curves › LemniscateSets & Infinity › Infinity SymbolFunctions › Polar Curves
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