arcs of Samothrace
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last updated: 2003-08-01 |

It's
a rather rare curve to find in math.
Its form is a bit alike a hyperbola, but it is not one.
And it is a sextic curve, with Cartesian equation:
x2 (3x2-y2)2 = y2 (x2+y2)
The curve can be extended to the generalized
arcs of Samothrace.
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