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DOPPLER SPIRAL

Curve named by Alexander Heinz.

 
Cartesian equation: 

The Doppler spiral is the trace on a fixed plane of a uniform spiral-like movement in a plane in uniform translation. The name "Doppler spiral" comes from the analogy with the Doppler effect concerning a wave whose emitter is moving.
If the moving plane is fixed (k = 0), the spiral is none other than an Archimedean spiral.
 
 

Case 0 < k < 1

Case k = 1

Case k > 2


 
 

The Doppler spirals are the planar projections of the conical Pappus spirals.

 
 
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