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Cyclocycloid
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A cyclocycloid is a roulette traced by a point attached to a circle of radius r rolling around, a fixed circle of radius R, where the point is at a distance d from the center of the exterior circle.


The parametric equations for a cyclocycloid are
where is a parameter (not the polar angle). And r can be positive (represented by a ball rolling outside of a circle) or negative (represented by a ball rolling inside of a circle) depending on whether it is of an epicycloid or hypocycloid variety.
The classic Spirograph toy traces out these curves.
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