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A brief catalogue of elementary shapes

Shape Equation Parametric Complex equation Complex parametric


Straight lines 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐 r(𝑡) = (1, 𝑚)𝑡 + (0, 𝑐) 𝑧 = (1 + 𝑖𝑚)𝑡 + 𝑖𝑐
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐 r(𝑡) = (𝑏, −𝑎)𝑡 + (0, 𝑏𝑐 ) |𝑧 − 𝑘 1 | = |𝑧 − 𝑘 2 |, where 𝑧 = (𝑏 − 𝑖𝑎)𝑡 + 𝑖 𝑏𝑐
2
𝑘 1 = 14 −𝑎 + 𝑖 4𝑐−𝑏 𝑏 ,
 
1 4𝑐+𝑏 2
𝑘2 = 4 𝑎 + 𝑖 𝑏
r(𝑡) = (𝑏, −𝑎)𝑡 + ( 𝑎𝑐 , 0) |𝑧 − 𝑘 1 | = |𝑧 − 𝑘 2 |, where
 𝑧 = (𝑏 − 𝑖𝑎)𝑡 + 𝑐
𝑎
2
𝑘 1 = 14 4𝑐−𝑎 𝑎 − 𝑖𝑏 ,
 2

𝑘 2 = 41 4𝑐+𝑎 𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏
𝑧 = 𝛼𝑡 + 𝛽, 𝛼, 𝛽 ∈ ℂ, 𝑡 ∈ ℝ

Circles 𝑥 2 + 𝑦2 = 𝑐2 r(𝑡) = (𝑐 cos(𝑡), 𝑐 sin(𝑡)) |𝑧| = 𝑐, |𝑧 − 1| = 𝑐12 |𝑧 − 𝑐2 | 𝑧 = 𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 , 𝑧 = 𝑐𝑒 −𝑖𝑡 , 𝑧 = 𝑐𝑒 −𝑖 (𝑡+𝑘)


(𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 + (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 = 𝑐2 r(𝑡) = (𝑐 cos(𝑡), 𝑐 sin(𝑡)) + (𝑎, 𝑏) |𝑧 − (𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏)| = |𝑐| 𝑧 = 𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 + (𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏)
|𝑧| = 𝑘 1 |𝑧 − 𝑘 2 | where 𝑧 = 𝛼𝑒 𝑖𝑡 + 𝛽, 𝛽 ∈ ℂ, 𝛼, 𝑡 ∈ ℝ
2 2
𝑘 12 = 𝑎 𝑐+𝑏 2
2 , 𝑘 2 = (1 − 1/𝑘 1 ) (𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏)

Ellipses 𝐴2 (𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 + 𝐵2 (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 = 𝑐2 r(𝑡) = ( 𝐴𝑐 cos(𝑡), 𝑐


𝐵 sin(𝑡)) + (𝑎, 𝑏)
𝑐
Hyperbolas 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑐 r(𝑡) = (𝑡, ) Im(𝑧2 ) = 𝑐
2
𝑐𝑡
(𝑥 − 𝑎) (𝑦 − 𝑏) = 𝑐 r(𝑡) = (𝑡, ) + (𝑎, 𝑏) Im((𝑧 − (𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏)) 2 ) = 𝑐
2
𝑡
(𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 − (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 = 𝑐2 r(𝑡) = (𝑐 cosh(𝑡), 𝑐 sinh(𝑡)) + (𝑎, 𝑏) Re((𝑧 − (𝑎 + 𝑖𝑏)) 2 ) = 𝑐2
𝐴2 (𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 − 𝐵2 (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 = 𝑐2 r(𝑡) = ( 𝐴𝑐 cosh(𝑡), 𝐵𝑐 sinh(𝑡)) + (𝑎, 𝑏)
𝐴2 (𝑥 − 𝑎) 2 − 𝐵2 (𝑦 − 𝑏) 2 = −𝑐2 r(𝑡) = ( 𝐴𝑐 sinh(𝑡), 𝐵𝑐 cosh(𝑡)) + (𝑎, 𝑏)
p
Spirals tan( p𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) = 𝑦𝑥 r(𝑡) = (𝑡 cos(𝑡), 𝑡 sin(𝑡)) tan(|𝑧|) = tan(arg(𝑧)) 𝑧 = 𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡
tan( 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) = − 𝑦𝑥 r(𝑡) = (𝑡 cos(𝑡), −𝑡 sin(𝑡)) tan(|𝑧|) = − tan(arg(𝑧)) 𝑧 = 𝑡𝑒 −𝑖𝑡
2
tan(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) = 𝑦𝑥 r(𝑡) = (𝑡 cos(𝑡 2 ), 𝑡 sin(𝑡 2 )) tan(|𝑧| 2 ) = tan(arg(𝑧)) 𝑧 = 𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡
𝑧 = 𝑟 (𝑡)𝑒 𝑖𝑎 (𝑡) , 𝑟 (𝑡) > 0 and 𝑎(𝑡) are in-
creasing (smoothly)
𝑧 = 𝑟 (𝑡)𝑒 −𝑖𝑎 (𝑡) , 𝑟 (𝑡) > 0 and 𝑎(𝑡) are in-
creasing (smoothly)

The “Complex equation” column was deduced from tutorial questions and examples.

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