Lituus: Difference between revisions
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| <jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box2"> | |||
|  b2 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box2', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25}); | |||
|  var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); | |||
|  var c = b1.createElement('curve',  | |||
|              [function(t){ return b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.sin(u)*Math.sin(u);}); },  | |||
|               function(t){ return b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.sin(u)*Math.sin(u);}); }, | |||
|              0, 8*Math.PI], | |||
|              {strokewidth:4});       | |||
| </jsxgraph> | |||
| A '''lituus''' is a spiral in which the angle is inversely proportional to the square of the radius (as expressed in polar coordinates). | A '''lituus''' is a spiral in which the angle is inversely proportional to the square of the radius (as expressed in polar coordinates). | ||
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| <jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1"> | <jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1"> | ||
|   b1 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box1', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25}); |   var b1 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box1', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25}); | ||
|   var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); |   var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); | ||
|   var c = b1.createElement('curve', [function(phi){return Math.sqrt(k.Value()/phi); }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI], |   var c = b1.createElement('curve', [function(phi){return Math.sqrt(k.Value()/phi); }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI], | ||
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| <source lang="xml"> | <source lang="xml"> | ||
| <jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1"> | <jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1"> | ||
|   b1 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box1', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25}); |   var b1 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box1', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25}); | ||
|   var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); |   var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); | ||
|   var c = b1.createElement('curve', [function(phi){return Math.sqrt(k.Value()/phi); }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI], |   var c = b1.createElement('curve', [function(phi){return Math.sqrt(k.Value()/phi); }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI], | ||
Revision as of 08:16, 18 March 2009
A lituus is a spiral in which the angle is inversely proportional to the square of the radius (as expressed in polar coordinates).
- [math]\displaystyle{ r^2\theta = k \, }[/math]
The JavaScript code to produce this picture
<jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1">
 var b1 = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box1', {axis:true,originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25});
 var k = b1.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]);
 var c = b1.createElement('curve', [function(phi){return Math.sqrt(k.Value()/phi); }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI],
             {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});      
</jsxgraph>
