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SpirographA Hypotrochoid generated by a fixed point on a Circle rolling inside a fixed Circle. It has parametricequations,
where is the radius of the fixed circle, is the radius of the rotating circle, and is the offset of the edge ofthe rotating circle. The figure closes only if , , and are Rational. The equationscan also be written
where the outer wheel has radius 1, the inner wheel a radius , the pen is placed units from the center, the beginningis at radians above the -axis, and
The following curves are for , with , 2, ..., 10, and .
Additional attractive designs such as the following can also be made by superposing individual spirographs. See also Epitrochoid, Hypotrochoid, Maurer Rose, Spirolateral
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