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Cardioid and Limaçon?

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How are these curves related, and why do thik the name cardioid is given to its curve?

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  1. The limaçon is a polar curve of the form r = b+a•cos(ø).

    If a=b, the limaçon degenerates to a cardioid.

    Cardioid comes from the curve being heart-shaped.

    See...

    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cardioid.ht...

    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Limacon.htm...

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