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with a real number <math>a</math>.  | with a real number <math>a</math>.  | ||
<  | <jsxgraph width="500" height="500">  | ||
  var board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('jxgbox', {originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 25, unitY: 25});  | |||
  var a = board.create('slider', [[0,5],[8,5],[0,4,30]],{name:'a'});  | |||
  var c = board.create('curve', [function(phi){return a.Value()/phi; }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI],  | |||
  board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('  | |||
  var a = board.  | |||
  var c = board.  | |||
              {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});           |               {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});           | ||
</  | </jsxgraph>  | ||
===The JavaScript code to produce this picture===  | ===The JavaScript code to produce this picture===  | ||
<source lang="javascript">  | <source lang="javascript">  | ||
  board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('  |   var board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('jxgbox', {originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 50, unitY: 50});  | ||
  var a = board.  |   var a = board.create('slider', [[0,5],[8,5],[0,4,30]],{name:'a'});  | ||
  var c = board.  |   var c = board.create('curve', [function(phi){return a.Value()/phi; }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI],  | ||
              {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});           |               {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});           | ||
</source>  | </source>  | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 29 September 2010
It can be described in polar coordinates [math]\displaystyle{ (r, \theta) }[/math] by the equation
- [math]\displaystyle{ r = \frac{a}{\theta}\, }[/math]
 
with a real number [math]\displaystyle{ a }[/math].
The JavaScript code to produce this picture
 var board = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('jxgbox', {originX: 250, originY: 250, unitX: 50, unitY: 50});
 var a = board.create('slider', [[0,5],[8,5],[0,4,30]],{name:'a'});
 var c = board.create('curve', [function(phi){return a.Value()/phi; }, [0, 0],0, 8*Math.PI],
             {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});