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  2. Pole and polar - Wikipedia

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    If two lines a and k pass through a single point Q, then the polar q of Q joins the poles A and K of the lines a and k, respectively. The concepts of a pole and its polar line were advanced in projective geometry. For instance, the polar line can be viewed as the set of projective harmonic conjugates of a given point, the pole, with respect to ...

  3. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The equation defining a plane curve expressed in polar coordinates is known as a polar equation. In many cases, such an equation can simply be specified by defining r as a function of φ . The resulting curve then consists of points of the form ( r ( φ ), φ ) and can be regarded as the graph of the polar function r .

  4. Circle - Wikipedia

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    where a is the radius of the circle, (,) are the polar coordinates of a generic point on the circle, and (,) are the polar coordinates of the centre of the circle (i.e., r 0 is the distance from the origin to the centre of the circle, and φ is the anticlockwise angle from the positive x axis to the line connecting the origin to the centre of ...

  5. n-sphere - Wikipedia

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    The circle is considered 1-dimensional, ... is represented by the equation: ... These two factors may be related using polar coordinates.

  6. List of common coordinate transformations - Wikipedia

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    Let (x, y, z) be the standard Cartesian coordinates, and (ρ, θ, φ) the spherical coordinates, with θ the angle measured away from the +Z axis (as , see conventions in spherical coordinates). As φ has a range of 360° the same considerations as in polar (2 dimensional) coordinates apply whenever an arctangent of it is taken. θ has a range ...

  7. Polar circle (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Any two polar circles of two triangles in an orthocentric system are orthogonal. [1]: p. 177 The polar circles of the triangles of a complete quadrilateral form a coaxal system. [1]: p. 179 The most important property of the polar circle is the triangle is self-polar; the polar of each side/point is the opposite side/point.

  8. Circular motion - Wikipedia

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    The equations of motion describe the movement of the center of ... Polar coordinates for circular trajectory. On the left is a unit circle showing the changes ...

  9. Coordinate systems for the hyperbolic plane - Wikipedia

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    The polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a reference point and an angle from a reference direction. The reference point (analogous to the origin of a Cartesian system ) is called the pole , and the ray from the pole in the reference direction is the polar ...