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Epicycloid

Author:
jratkinson
Take a large circle, such as one with radius 5. Put a smaller circle, with radius r chosen using the slider, on the outside of the circle. As the smaller circle rolls around the outside of the larger circle, trace the path of a fixed point P on the smaller circle. Use the slider for the angle t to see what kinds of curves can result.