Summary

DescriptionCycloid static.svg	English: svg version of cycloid04.png
Date	19 December 2014
Source	Own work
Author	IkamusumeFan
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Gnuplot Source Code

 

This W3C-unspecified plot was created with Gnuplot.

# Author: Ika
# Date: 12/19/2014

set term svg font 'Times, 18' size 500,200
set output 'cycloid_static.svg'

# In this program, the cycloid equation is 
# x = 2 (t - sin t)
# y = 2 (1 - cos t)

# The ratio of the height and width of the plot chart is 1/4 = 0.25.
set size ratio 0.25
set xrange [-0.5*pi:10*pi]
set yrange [-1:5]
# Unit along the axes
set xtics 10
set ytics 1
# Draw the axes.
set xzeroaxis lt -1 lc rgb "black" lw 1
set yzeroaxis lt -1 lc rgb "black" lw 1
unset grid

unset label
set key off

# Draw the cycloid.
set parametric                              
set trange [-0.5*pi:10*pi]
plot 2*(t-sin(t)), 2*(1-cos(t)) lc rgb "black" lw 2;

set term x11
set output

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