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  2. Parametric equation - Wikipedia

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    In the case of a single parameter, parametric equations are commonly used to express the trajectory of a moving point, in which case, the parameter is often, but not necessarily, time, and the point describes a curve, called a parametric curve. In the case of two parameters, the point describes a surface, called a parametric surface.

  3. Integral curve - Wikipedia

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    Suppose that F is a static vector field, that is, a vector-valued function with Cartesian coordinates (F 1,F 2,...,F n), and that x(t) is a parametric curve with Cartesian coordinates (x 1 (t),x 2 (t),...,x n (t)). Then x(t) is an integral curve of F if it is a solution of the autonomous system of ordinary differential equations,

  4. Parametrization (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, and more specifically in geometry, parametrization (or parameterization; also parameterisation, parametrisation) is the process of finding parametric equations of a curve, a surface, or, more generally, a manifold or a variety, defined by an implicit equation. The inverse process is called implicitization. [1] "

  5. Integration using parametric derivatives - Wikipedia

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    In calculus, integration by parametric derivatives, also called parametric integration, [1] is a method which uses known Integrals to integrate derived functions. It is often used in Physics, and is similar to integration by substitution .

  6. Fermat's spiral - Wikipedia

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    The Fermat spiral with polar equation = can be converted to the Cartesian coordinates (x, y) by using the standard conversion formulas x = r cos φ and y = r sin φ.Using the polar equation for the spiral to eliminate r from these conversions produces parametric equations for one branch of the curve:

  7. Conical spiral - Wikipedia

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    Conical spiral with an archimedean spiral as floor projection Floor projection: Fermat's spiral Floor projection: logarithmic spiral Floor projection: hyperbolic spiral. In mathematics, a conical spiral, also known as a conical helix, [1] is a space curve on a right circular cone, whose floor projection is a plane spiral.

  8. Frenet–Serret formulas - Wikipedia

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    A space curve; the vectors T, N, B; and the osculating plane spanned by T and N. In differential geometry, the Frenet–Serret formulas describe the kinematic properties of a particle moving along a differentiable curve in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or the geometric properties of the curve itself irrespective of any motion.

  9. Cubic Hermite spline - Wikipedia

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    The four Hermite basis functions. The interpolant in each subinterval is a linear combination of these four functions. On the unit interval [,], given a starting point at = and an ending point at = with starting tangent at = and ending tangent at =, the polynomial can be defined by = (+) + (+) + (+) + (), where t ∈ [0, 1].