Roulette (curve)

Cycloid - curve generated by a rotating point on a wheel
Epitrochoid - Wheel rotating around a wheel

In the differential geometry of curves, a roulette is a kind of curve, generalizing cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, trochoids, epitrochoids, hypotrochoids, and involutes. On a basic level, it is the path traced by a curve while rolling on another curve without slipping.


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