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Example 9: The unit circle, twice around counterclockwise

The parametric curve or trajectory for these parametric equations is the unit circle, this time traced twice counterclockwise as $ t$ varies from 0 to $ 2\pi$ .

\begin{displaymath}
\left.
\begin{array}{lclcl}
x &=& f(t) &=& \cos 2t\\
y &=& g(t) &=& \sin 2t\\
\end{array}\right\}\quad 0\leq t\leq 2\pi
\end{displaymath}

Image parametric_circle2x


This time we let $ t$ vary from 0 to $ 2\pi$ , but we use $ \cos 2t$ and $ \sin 2t$ .


This trajectory will traverse the unit circle twice in the counterclockwise direction.



gene quinn 2006-09-10