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2 unusual facts about Lissajous curve


Lissajous

Lissajous curve (or figure, or spiral), a mathematical figure showing a type of harmonic motion

Lissajous curve

This property is exploited to produce a set of points, called Padua points, at which a function may be sampled in order to compute either a bivariate interpolation or quadrature of the function over the domain -1,1×-1,1.



see also

Lissajous

Lissajous orbit, an orbital trajectory resembling a Lissajous curve