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• Plane curve data source information

  Primary source:

  Wolfram|Alpha Knowledgebase, 2024.

  Background sources and references:

  • Coolidge, J. L. A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. Dover, 1959.
  • Cundy, H. and A. Rollett. Mathematical Models. (3rd ed.) Tarquin Publications, 1989.
  • Gray, A. "Famous Plane Curves." In Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica. (2nd ed.) CRC Press, 1997: 49-74.
  • Hilbert, D. and S. Cohn-Vossen. "Plane Curves." In Geometry and the Imagination. Chelsea, 1999: 1-7.
  • Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. Dover Publications, 1972.
  • Lockwood, E. H. A Book of Curves. Cambridge University Press, 1961.
  • O'Connor, J. J. and E. F. Robertson. "Famous Curves Index." MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. »
  • Shikin, E. V. Handbook and Atlas of Curves. CRC Press, 1995.
  • Teixeira, F. G. Traité des courbes spéciales remarquables plane et gauches, 3 vols. Chelsea, 1971.
  • von Seggern, D. CRC Standard Curves and Surfaces. CRC Press, 1993.
  • Wassenaar, J. "2-D Curves." Mathematical Curves. »
  • Weisstein, E. W. MathWorld—A Wolfram Web Resource. »
  • Yates, R. C. A Handbook on Curves and Their Properties. J. W. Edwards, 1947.

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