What type of curve is given by the parametric equations?
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ x = ± 2 ( 1 − 3 t ) 2 3 y = ± 2 ( 3 t ) 2 3 for 0 < t < 3
Bonus: Can you figure out what's so special about this particular parametrization of this curve?
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(+1). Greetings, Chew-Seong Cheong. Good to see you. The answer to the bonus question is that that parametrization is a unit-speed parametrization. Cheers!
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⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ x = ± 2 ( 1 − 3 t ) 2 3 x y ± 2 ( 3 t ) 2 3 ⟹ ( 2 x ) 3 2 = 1 − 3 t ⟹ ( 2 y ) 3 2 = 3 t ⟹ ( 2 x ) 3 2 + ( 2 y ) 3 2 = 1
A curve of the form ( a x ) 3 2 + ( b y ) 3 2 = 1 , where a and b are constants, is an astroid , The black curves in the figure.
Bonus : The astroid of this problem is the locus traced by a point on the circumference of a small circle (red, radius 2 1 ) rolling along the circumference of a larger circle (blue, radius 2 ) internally.