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### Understanding the Spiro Spline

My name's Wray. This is my first time here. Firstly, I like curves. I've been keeping a pet project for a long time that would implement a delightful new curve-interpolation algorithm named the Spiro ...
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### An almost straight curve with infinite curvature?

I played around with computing the curvature of some curves, and found this weird example that is driving me nuts. Consider the following (Bézier) curve (on a plane, the first point is $[-1,0]$): ...
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### Can an involute gear profile be modeled with a Bézier curve?

In the context of a game, I want to draw gears. The most common curves available on the platforms I'm using are third degree Bézier curves. Is there an exact representation of the involute gear ...
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### Bézier approximation of archimedes spiral?

As part of an iOS app I’m making, I want to draw a decent approximation of an Archimedes spiral. The drawing library I’m using (CGPath in Quartz 2D, which is C-based) supports arcs as well as cubic ...
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### Continuous curve interpolating a list of points

I need a function (a curve -- preferably a simple one) that, given $n$ points of a 2D space ($R^2$) passes (interpolates) through all points in a smooth/continuous way. Found out that what I need is ...
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