Re: Homotopic curves

null@example.com (johng) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:32:03 +0000

Sorry, I just noticed there is no attached file. Here it is.

Homotopic curves

null@example.com (johng) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:00:50 +0000

Here is a generalization of Ivan's example, Reflection. Let (X1(x,y),Y1(x,y)) be a continuous mapping of the plane to itself and (f(t),g(t)) a parametric curve. A transformed curve is the curve (X1(f(t),g(t)),Y1(f(t),g(t))). The two curves are homotopic in the sense that the original can be continuously deformed into the second. (The Reflection example uses X1(x,y)=y and Y1(x,y)=x).) An interesting transformation is the "polar" function: X1(x,y)=y*cos(x) and Y1(x,y)=y*sin(x). The attached file illustrates this; you can animate on the constant c and thus see the continuous deformation. Enjoy.

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Re: Homotopic curves

Homotopic curves