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EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL [2 records]

Record 1 1996-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Algebra
CONT

The geometrical constructions explaining shell coiling in general have been based since the first part of the nineteenth century on the logarithmic ... spiral ...

CONT

As pi is to the circle, e is to the logarithmic spiral. This curious number plays a central role in nature and in mathematics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Algèbre
CONT

[Dans une] "spirale logarithmique", [...] la largeur du tour va en croissant, donc [...] le rayon vecteur suit une progression géométrique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Spirale sont le tracé coupe le rayon vecteur sous le même angle, quel que soit l'angle polaire théta.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
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