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  2. Catenary - Wikipedia

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    The silk on a spider's web forming multiple elastic catenaries. In physics and geometry, a catenary (US: / ˈkætənɛri / KAT-ən-err-ee, UK: / kəˈtiːnəri / kə-TEE-nər-ee) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.

  3. Stribeck curve - Wikipedia

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    Stribeck curve. The Stribeck curve is a fundamental concept in the field of tribology. It shows that friction in fluid-lubricated contacts is a non-linear function of the contact load, the lubricant viscosity and the lubricant entrainment speed. The discovery and underlying research is usually attributed to Richard Stribeck [1][2][3] and Mayo D ...

  4. Lorenz curve - Wikipedia

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    Lorenz curve. In economics, the Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth. It was developed by Max O. Lorenz in 1905 for representing inequality of the wealth distribution. The curve is a graph showing the proportion of overall income or wealth assumed by the bottom x % of the people, although this is ...

  5. Bézier curve - Wikipedia

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    A Bézier curve is defined by a set of control points P0 through Pn, where n is called the order of the curve (n = 1 for linear, 2 for quadratic, 3 for cubic, etc.). The first and last control points are always the endpoints of the curve; however, the intermediate control points generally do not lie on the curve.

  6. Frenet–Serret formulas - Wikipedia

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    A space curve; the vectors T, N and 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.

  7. Degree of curvature - Wikipedia

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    The degree of curvature is defined as the central angle to the ends of an agreed length of either an arc or a chord; [1] various lengths are commonly used in different areas of practice. This angle is also the change in forward direction as that portion of the curve is traveled. In an n -degree curve, the forward bearing changes by n degrees ...

  8. Cubic Hermite spline - Wikipedia

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    Cubic Hermite spline. In numerical analysis, a cubic Hermite spline or cubic Hermite interpolator is a spline where each piece is a third-degree polynomial specified in Hermite form, that is, by its values and first derivatives at the end points of the corresponding domain interval. [1]

  9. Curve fitting - Wikipedia

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    Curve fitting[1][2] is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, [3] possibly subject to constraints. [4][5] Curve fitting can involve either interpolation, [6][7] where an exact fit to the data is required, or smoothing, [8][9] in which a "smooth" function is constructed ...