Lituus: Difference between revisions
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|   var k = b2.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); |   var k = b2.createElement('slider', [[1,8],[5,8],[0,1,4]]); | ||
|   var c = b2.createElement('curve',   |   var c = b2.createElement('curve',   | ||
|               [function(t){ return b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.sin(u)*Math.sin(u);}); },   |               [function(t){ return k.Value()*b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.sin(u)*Math.sin(u);}); },   | ||
|                function(t){ return b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.cos(u)*Math.cos(u);}); }, |                function(t){ return k.Value()*b2.I([0,t],function(u){return Math.cos(u)*Math.cos(u);}); }, | ||
|               0, 8*Math.PI], |               0, 8*Math.PI], | ||
|               {strokewidth:4});        |               {strokewidth:4});        | ||
Revision as of 08:18, 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>
