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Does there exist a plane curve such that it has the heart curve as catacaustic?
Given a curve $C$ and a fixed point $L$ (the light source), the catacaustic of $C$ with respect to $L$ is the envelope of light rays coming from $L$ and reflected from the curve $C$.
The catacaustic ...
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Which equation of a Butterfly?
Let $A, B$ be two points and $L$ be a line on the Euclidean Plane. Take two points $J, G$ on the line $L$ such that $JG=constant$. Let $AJ$ meet $BG$ at $P$, $AG$ meet $BJ$ at $Q$, then the locus of ...