Roulettes

David Smith and Lang Moore, Duke University
Bill Mueller, Mathworks

with the assistance of
David Little, University of California, San Diego

Purpose: to illustrate the use of vectors to develop parametric descriptions of curves

Prerequisites: the concepts of planar vector and parametric representation of a curve in the plane

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