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Epitrochoids

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p
q
α
θ
A disk of radius
p
q
rolls around the outside of the circumference of a unit circle, while a pen fixed on the disk traces out a"Spirograph™" pattern. The pen's distance from the center of the rolling disk is
αp
q
.
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