Cayley's sextic
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last updated: 2004-12-04 |

Cayley´s sextic 1) has been studied for the first time by MacLaurin
(1718).
Later Arthur (1821-1895) took a closer look to the curve. Archibald named the
curve after Cayley in a paper classifying some curves, a paper that was
published in 1900 in Strasbourg.
We call the origin in the curve's polar equation the focus of the curve.
This sextic curve is also a sinusoidal spiral.
The Cartesian equation is as follows:

Some relationships with other curves:
notes
In Italian: sestica di Cayley
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