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18.2.2  Osculating circle of a curve

The osculating_circle command finds and draws the osculating circle of a curve.

Examples

osculating_circle(plot(x^2),point(1,1))
equation(osculating_circle(plot(x^2),point(1,1)))
     

x+4
2+


y
7
2



2



 
=
125
4
          
equation(osculating_circle([t^2,t^3],t,1))
     



x+
11
2



2



 
+


y
16
3



2



 
=
2197
36
          

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