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  2. Spiral - Wikipedia

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    An Archimedean spiral (black), a helix (green), and a conical spiral (red) Two major definitions of "spiral" in the American Heritage Dictionary are: [5]. a curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.

  3. List of spirals - Wikipedia

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    For <, spiral-ring pattern; =, regular spiral; >, loose spiral. R is the distance of spiral starting point (0, R) to the center. R is the distance of spiral starting point (0, R) to the center. The calculated x and y have to be rotated backward by ( − θ {\displaystyle -\theta } ) for plotting.

  4. Archimedean spiral - Wikipedia

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    The Archimedean spiral (also known as Archimedes' spiral, the arithmetic spiral) is a spiral named after the 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician Archimedes. The term Archimedean spiral is sometimes used to refer to the more general class of spirals of this type (see below), in contrast to Archimedes' spiral (the specific arithmetic spiral of ...

  5. Sinusoidal spiral - Wikipedia

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    In algebraic geometry, the sinusoidal spirals are a family of curves defined by the equation in polar coordinates r n = a n cos ⁡ ( n θ ) {\displaystyle r^{n}=a^{n}\cos(n\theta )\,} where a is a nonzero constant and n is a rational number other than 0.

  6. Logarithmic spiral - Wikipedia

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    Logarithmic spiral bevel gears are a type of spiral bevel gear whose gear tooth centerline is a logarithmic spiral. A logarithmic spiral has the advantage of providing equal angles between the tooth centerline and the radial lines, which gives the meshing transmission more stability.

  7. List of mathematical shapes - Wikipedia

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    Table of Shapes Section Sub-Section Sup-Section Name Algebraic Curves ¿ Curves ¿ Curves: Cubic Plane Curve: Quartic Plane Curve: Rational Curves: Degree 2: Conic Section(s) Unit Circle: Unit Hyperbola: Degree 3: Folium of Descartes: Cissoid of Diocles: Conchoid of de Sluze: Right Strophoid: Semicubical Parabola: Serpentine Curve: Trident ...

  8. Golden spiral - Wikipedia

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    The shape is infinitely repeated when magnified. In geometry, a golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral whose growth factor is φ, the golden ratio. [1] That is, a golden spiral gets wider (or further from its origin) by a factor of φ for every quarter turn it makes.

  9. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    commutative algebra, which is the study of commutative rings, includes the study of polynomials, and is a foundational part of algebraic geometry; homological algebra; Lie algebra and Lie group theory; Boolean algebra, which is widely used for the study of the logical structure of computers