polar curve
Polar curves are plane curves
in that are expressed in polar coordinates
. The two simplest polar curves are obtained when one of the two coordinates is set to be a constant. If the first coordinate is set to a constant , we have a circle with radius , or a point when . When the second coordinate is the constant instead, say , we have a straight line through the (polar) origin, with slope = .
Using polar coordinates, one can generate many visually pleasingcurves. Below are some of the most popular ones.