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Quadrifolium

The quadrifolium (also known as four-leaved clover) is a type of rose curve with n=2. It has the polar equation:


r = cos(2θ),  

with corresponding algebraic equation


(x + y) = (x − y). 

Rotated by 45°, this becomes


r = sin(2θ) 

with corresponding algebraic equation


(x + y) = 4xy. 

In either form, it is a plane algebraic curve of genus zero.

The dual curve to the quadrifolium is


(x − y) + 837(x + y) + 108xy = 16(x + 7y)(y + 7x)(x + y) + 729(x + y). 

The area inside the curve is $\tfrac 12 \pi$, which is exactly half of the area of the circumcircle of the quadrifolium. The length of the curve is about 9.6884.