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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).


:<math>r^2\theta = k \,</math>
:<math>r^2\theta = k \,</math>
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             {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});       
             {curveType:'polar', strokewidth:4});       
</jsxgraph>
</jsxgraph>
===The JavaScript code to produce this picture===
<source lang="xml">
<jsxgraph width="500" height="500" box="box1">
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>
</source>
===External References===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituus_(mathematics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituus_(mathematics)]


[[Category:Examples]]
[[Category:Examples]]
[[Category:Curves]]
[[Category:Curves]]

Revision as of 08:08, 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">
 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>

External References