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Ranunculoid

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An Epicycloid with $n=5$ cusps, named after the buttercup genus Ranunculus (Madachy 1979).

See also Epicycloid


References

Madachy, J. S. Madachy's Mathematical Recreations. New York: Dover, p. 223, 1979.

Pickover, C. A. Keys to Infinity. New York: Wiley, pp. 79-80, 1995.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25