Definition:Epicycloid/Cusp
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Definition
Consider an epicycloid traced by a point $P$ on the circumference of a circle rotating outside another circle.
A cusp of the epicycloid is defined as a point where the epicycloid meets the static circle, the deferent.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): epicycloid
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): epicycloid