3. Visualizing curves that are rational in polar coordinates
This section presents the algorithm polares for visualizing the “interesting” part of C, providing also relevant informa- tion about the curve. We have implemented it in Maple 15 and tested it over several examples, some of which are presented in this section. Next we describe the algorithm distinguishing two cases: (i) θ(t) is bounded; and (ii) θ(t) is unbounded.