lissajous


lissajous, an Octave code which displays a Lissajous figure, of the form x = sin ( a1 t + b1 ), y = sin ( a2 t + b2 ).

The user specifies information about the number of points, and the definition of the two sine curves involved. Depending on these parameters, the resulting shape may or may not be a closed curve. The user also specifies a range for the underlying T parameter. Again, depending on the parameters, this value may result in a closed curve being drawn several times, or a closed curve being only partially drawn.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

lissajous is available in a C++ version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version.

Related Data and Programs:

lissajous_test

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Last revised on 27 December 2022.