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  2. Arc length - Wikipedia

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    Arc length is the distance between two points along a section ... The advent of infinitesimal calculus led to a general formula that provides closed-form solutions in ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Great-circle distance - Wikipedia

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    A diagram illustrating great-circle distance (drawn in red) between two points on a sphere, P and Q. Two antipodal points, u and v are also shown.. The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance between two points on a sphere, measured along the great-circle arc between them.

  5. Archimedean spiral - Wikipedia

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    A mechanical method for constructing the arithmetic spiral uses a modified string compass, where the string wraps and winds (or unwraps/unwinds) about a fixed central pin (that does not pivot), thereby incrementing (or decrementing) the length of the radius (string) as the angle changes (the string winds around the fixed pin which does not pivot).

  6. Ellipse - Wikipedia

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    The area formula is intuitive: start with a circle of radius (so its area is ) and stretch it by a factor / to make an ellipse. This scales the area by the same factor: π b 2 ( a / b ) = π a b . {\displaystyle \pi b^{2}(a/b)=\pi ab.} [ 18 ] However, using the same approach for the circumference would be fallacious – compare the integrals

  7. Lemniscate of Bernoulli - Wikipedia

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    Its Cartesian equation is ... The determination of the arc length of arcs of the lemniscate leads to elliptic ... the formula of the arc length L can be given as

  8. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The Cartesian coordinates x and y can be converted to polar coordinates r and ... then this formula for ... central angle Δφ and arc length r ...

  9. Circle - Wikipedia

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    Using radians, the formula for the arc length s of a circular arc of radius r and subtending a central angle of measure 𝜃 is =, and the formula for the area A of a circular sector of radius r and with central angle of measure 𝜃 is A = 1 2 θ r 2 . {\displaystyle A={\frac {1}{2}}\theta r^{2}.}