# File:Lissajous curve 5by4.svg

## Summary

Description A Lissajous curve, that can be expressed in parametric form as:
$x=A\sin(at+\delta),\quad y=B\sin(bt)$

with $a=5$, $b=4$ and $\delta = \pi / 2$. I created it with the following GNUplot code:

set samples 5000
set terminal svg
set output "Lissajous_curve_5by4.svg"

# plotting within a square
set size square

# remove most of information from the picture
set noxtic
set noytic
set key off

# plot
set parametric
a=5
b=4
delta=pi/2
plot [0:2*pi] sin(a*t + delta),sin(b*t) with lines linewidth 2


and then I post-processed with Inkscape
Date 22 December 2006
Source own work
 This vector image was created with gnuplot.
Author Alessio Damato

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