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In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning.

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How to draw a spiral using segments of varying circles?

My first choice would be to just use short line segments to approximate the spiral. A spiral in polar coordinates is just: R = a + b * Theta Rough pseudo-code for a spiral generation using line seg …
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Drawing Ellipse from a bounding box?

A very basic and completely untested pseudo-code for drawing an ellipse using a parametric polar equation is below: Function draw_ellipse(int X1, int Y1, int X2, int Y2) RX = (X2 - X1) / 2 …
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