Lecture 10

Conic Sections and strings

1. Here is the standard string-art picture of a parabola.

Two such parabola and ... an "eye". Here are a bunch of parabolas in a cuter picture.

2. Playing with a cardoid: a sript for constructing hearts with strings.

 

 

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