polar equation


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polar equation

n
(Mathematics) an equation in polar coordinates
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When considering the gravity between the Sun and a planet located at its elliptical orbit, substituting the polar equation of the ellipse into the law of gravity, then the following "line equation" can be reached, and it is suitable for the entire elliptical orbit.
Assume that En is a set which is bounded, symmetric with the respect to both axes of the complex plane and which has the boundary in the first quadrant of the coordinate system given by the polar equation p = r(9) ei9, where
Alternatively, if we apply the Mean Value Theorem to the graph of a polar equation r = h([theta]), writing the polar equation in a parametric form
The next task in finding the complete polar equation of the spiral is to find its accumulation point.