We created this animation to visualize a fascinating set of parametric equations that produce a wide range of geometric shapes, depending on the value of the variable 𝑘. As k changes, the resulting paths trace out stars, loops, spirals, and more complex patterns. These curves are often related to epicycloids and hypocycloids, which describe the motion of a point attached to a circle rolling around another circle. When k is an integer, you get sharp, symmetric star-like shapes. Non-integer value

Parametric equation | Mathematics

🟪⬇️ In mathematics, a parametric equation defines a group of quantities as functions of one or more independent variables called parameters. Parametric equations are commonly used to express the coordinates of the points that make up a geometric object such as a curve or surface, called a parametric curve and parametric surface, respectively. In such cases, the equations are collectively called a parametric representation, or parametric system, or parameterization (alternatively spelled as para