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Osculating curve

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The concept of osculation can be generalized to higher-dimensional spaces, and to objects that are not curves within those spaces. For instance an
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is a plane that has second-order contact with the curve. This is as high an order as is possible in the general case.
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An elementary treatise on the differential calculus: containing the theory of plane curves, with numerous examples
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In one dimension, analytic curves are said to osculate at a point if they share the first three terms of their
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Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus: With Examples and Applications
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Plane curve with the greatest order of contact with another curve
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of points where the ellipses are especially close to each other.
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Osculating ellipses – The spiral is not drawn: we see it as the
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Examples of osculating curves of different orders include:
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from a given family that has the highest possible order of
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The term derives from the Latinate root "osculate", to
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about that point. This concept can be generalized to
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Index

Osculation
Osculate (disambiguation)

radius of curvature
differential geometry
plane curve
contact
smooth curves
derivatives
kiss
tangency

locus
tangent line
straight lines
slope
osculating circle
circles
curvature
parabolas
conic sections
osculating plane
space curve
Taylor expansion
superosculation
Osculating orbit



Geometry of Curves

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