Cartesian equation: , or . Cartesian parametrization: . Rational quartic. Area delimited by the curve and its asymptotes:  (double than that of the blue disk opposite).

The double u is the image of the circle by an axial inversion with axis a diameter; here, the image of the circle  by .
 
 

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