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Given a source and a curve
, pick a point on
and find its tangent
. Then the Locus of
reflections of
about tangents
is the orthotomic curve (also known as the secondary Caustic). The
Involute of the orthotomic is the Caustic. For a parametric curve
with respect to the point
, the orthotomic is
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See also Caustic, Involute
References
Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, p. 60, 1972.