Definition:Epicycloid/Also known as
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Epicycloid: Also known as
An epicycloid is also seen referred to as a common epicycloid, to distinguish it from the extended epicycloid and contracted epicycloid.
The latter two concepts are referred to on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ as the prolate epitrochoid and curtate epitrochoid respectively.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): epicycloid