Atriphtaloid

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An atriphtaloid with a = 3 and b = 2
An atriphtaloid with a = 3 and b = 2

An atriphtaloid, also called an atriphtothlassic curve, is type of sextic plane curve. It is given by the equation

x^4(x^2+y^2)-(ax^2-b)^2=0 \,

where a, and b are positive numbers.

[edit] References

Eric W. Weisstein, Atriphtaloid at MathWorld.

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