A lemniscate is a curve defined by two foci,F_(1) and F_(2).If the distance between the focal points of F_(1)−F_(2) is 2a(a:constant),then any point P on the lemniscate curve satisfy the equation PF_(1)·PF_(2)=a^...A lemniscate is a curve defined by two foci,F_(1) and F_(2).If the distance between the focal points of F_(1)−F_(2) is 2a(a:constant),then any point P on the lemniscate curve satisfy the equation PF_(1)·PF_(2)=a^(2).Jacob Bernoulli first described the lemniscate in 1694.The Fagnano discovered the double angle formula of the lemniscate(1718).The Euler extended the Fagnano’s formula to a more general addition theorem(1751).The lemniscate function was subsequently proposed by Gauss around the year 1800.These insights were summarized by Jacobi as the theory of elliptic functions.A leaf function is an extended lemniscate function.Some formulas of leaf functions have been presented in previous papers;these included the addition theorem of this function and its application to nonlinear equations.In this paper,the geometrical properties of leaf functions at n=2 and the geometric relation between the angle θ and lemniscate arc length l are presented using the lemniscate curve.The relationship between the leaf functions sleaf_(2)(l)and cleaf_(2)(l)is derived using the geometrical properties of the lemniscate,similarity of triangles,and the Pythagorean theorem.In the literature,the relation equation for sleaf_(2)(l)and cleaf_(2)(l)(or the lemniscate functions,sl(l)and cl(l))has been derived analytically;however,it is not derived geometrically.展开更多
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文摘A lemniscate is a curve defined by two foci,F_(1) and F_(2).If the distance between the focal points of F_(1)−F_(2) is 2a(a:constant),then any point P on the lemniscate curve satisfy the equation PF_(1)·PF_(2)=a^(2).Jacob Bernoulli first described the lemniscate in 1694.The Fagnano discovered the double angle formula of the lemniscate(1718).The Euler extended the Fagnano’s formula to a more general addition theorem(1751).The lemniscate function was subsequently proposed by Gauss around the year 1800.These insights were summarized by Jacobi as the theory of elliptic functions.A leaf function is an extended lemniscate function.Some formulas of leaf functions have been presented in previous papers;these included the addition theorem of this function and its application to nonlinear equations.In this paper,the geometrical properties of leaf functions at n=2 and the geometric relation between the angle θ and lemniscate arc length l are presented using the lemniscate curve.The relationship between the leaf functions sleaf_(2)(l)and cleaf_(2)(l)is derived using the geometrical properties of the lemniscate,similarity of triangles,and the Pythagorean theorem.In the literature,the relation equation for sleaf_(2)(l)and cleaf_(2)(l)(or the lemniscate functions,sl(l)and cl(l))has been derived analytically;however,it is not derived geometrically.
