Parametric equation for a space curve












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With reference to the following image:



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the blue curve has trivially a parametrization:



$$(x, y, z) = (costheta, , sintheta, , 0) ; ; ; text{with} ; theta in [0,,2pi)$$



I would like to determine the parametric equations of the red curve, very badly drawn in Paint, where I mean a sinusoidal curve along the blue circumference.



Although I thought about it a lot, I still could not figure out how to derive these parametric equation. Any ideas?






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    It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
    – Matti P.
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    @MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
    – TeM
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With reference to the following image:



enter image description here



the blue curve has trivially a parametrization:



$$(x, y, z) = (costheta, , sintheta, , 0) ; ; ; text{with} ; theta in [0,,2pi)$$



I would like to determine the parametric equations of the red curve, very badly drawn in Paint, where I mean a sinusoidal curve along the blue circumference.



Although I thought about it a lot, I still could not figure out how to derive these parametric equation. Any ideas?






curves parametrization







share|cite|improve this question




















  • 1




    It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
    – Matti P.
    59 mins ago








  • 1




    @MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
    – TeM
    38 mins ago
















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With reference to the following image:



enter image description here



the blue curve has trivially a parametrization:



$$(x, y, z) = (costheta, , sintheta, , 0) ; ; ; text{with} ; theta in [0,,2pi)$$



I would like to determine the parametric equations of the red curve, very badly drawn in Paint, where I mean a sinusoidal curve along the blue circumference.



Although I thought about it a lot, I still could not figure out how to derive these parametric equation. Any ideas?






curves parametrization







share|cite|improve this question















With reference to the following image:



enter image description here



the blue curve has trivially a parametrization:



$$(x, y, z) = (costheta, , sintheta, , 0) ; ; ; text{with} ; theta in [0,,2pi)$$



I would like to determine the parametric equations of the red curve, very badly drawn in Paint, where I mean a sinusoidal curve along the blue circumference.



Although I thought about it a lot, I still could not figure out how to derive these parametric equation. Any ideas?






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    It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
    – Matti P.
    59 mins ago








  • 1




    @MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
    – TeM
    38 mins ago
















  • 1




    It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
    – Matti P.
    59 mins ago








  • 1




    @MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
    – TeM
    38 mins ago










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It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
– Matti P.
59 mins ago






It looks like a curve of the form $$ r(theta) = r_0 + A cos{(omega theta )} $$ But it's not very clear what you mean with the hand-drawn curve. Is it supposed to come out of the $z=0$-plane?
– Matti P.
59 mins ago






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@MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
– TeM
38 mins ago






@MattiP.: Yes, it must exit the $z = 0$ plane and have the circumference as the average line.
– TeM
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You can try$$thetamapstoleft(costheta,sintheta,frac{cos(8theta)}8right),$$for instance.



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  • It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
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    The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
    – José Carlos Santos
    26 mins ago










  • Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
    – TeM
    17 mins ago












  • No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
    – José Carlos Santos
    10 mins ago











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You can try$$thetamapstoleft(costheta,sintheta,frac{cos(8theta)}8right),$$for instance.



enter image description here






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  • It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
    – TeM
    30 mins ago








  • 2




    The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
    – José Carlos Santos
    26 mins ago










  • Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
    – TeM
    17 mins ago












  • No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
    – José Carlos Santos
    10 mins ago
















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You can try$$thetamapstoleft(costheta,sintheta,frac{cos(8theta)}8right),$$for instance.



enter image description here






share|cite|improve this answer























  • It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
    – TeM
    30 mins ago








  • 2




    The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
    – José Carlos Santos
    26 mins ago










  • Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
    – TeM
    17 mins ago












  • No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
    – José Carlos Santos
    10 mins ago














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You can try$$thetamapstoleft(costheta,sintheta,frac{cos(8theta)}8right),$$for instance.



enter image description here






share|cite|improve this answer














You can try$$thetamapstoleft(costheta,sintheta,frac{cos(8theta)}8right),$$for instance.



enter image description here







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  • It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
    – TeM
    30 mins ago








  • 2




    The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
    – José Carlos Santos
    26 mins ago










  • Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
    – TeM
    17 mins ago












  • No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
    – José Carlos Santos
    10 mins ago


















  • It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
    – TeM
    30 mins ago








  • 2




    The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
    – José Carlos Santos
    26 mins ago










  • Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
    – TeM
    17 mins ago












  • No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
    – José Carlos Santos
    10 mins ago
















It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
– TeM
30 mins ago






It's exactly what I wanted, thank you! Could you tell me how you managed to understand it?
– TeM
30 mins ago






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2




The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
– José Carlos Santos
26 mins ago




The $z$ coordinate had to be a waving line again, and so I thought about $cos(8theta)$, but then the waves would go too high and too low. That's why I divided by $8$.
– José Carlos Santos
26 mins ago












Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
– TeM
17 mins ago






Perfect! Before closing I also wanted to ask how to get the parametric equations of the red curve if it lay in the $z = 0$ plane. Is it better that I open a new question or change the request?
– TeM
17 mins ago














No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
– José Carlos Santos
10 mins ago




No need for that. Just consider:$$thetamapstoleft(costheta+frac{cos(8theta)}8,sintheta,0right).$$
– José Carlos Santos
10 mins ago


















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