On the shape of curves that are rational in polar coordinates

  • Authors:
  • Juan Gerardo AlcáZar;Gema MaríA DíAz-Toca

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Madrid, Spain;Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Computer Aided Geometric Design
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper we provide a computational approach to the shape of curves which are rational in polar coordinates, i.e. which are defined by means of a parametrization (r(t),@q(t)) where both r(t), @q(t) are rational functions. Our study includes theoretical aspects on the shape of these curves, and algorithmic results which eventually lead to an algorithm for plotting the ''interesting parts'' of the curve, i.e. the parts showing the main geometrical features.