Lissajous
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Lissajous may refer to
- Jules Antoine LissajousJules Antoine LissajousJules Antoine Lissajous was a French mathematician, after whom Lissajous figures are named. Among other innovations, Lissajous invented the Lissajous apparatus, a device that creates the figures that bear his name...
(1822–1880), French mathematician. - Lissajous curveLissajous curveIn mathematics, a Lissajous curve , also known as Lissajous figure or Bowditch curve, is the graph of a system of parametric equationswhich describe complex harmonic motion...
(or Lissajous figure), a mathematical figure showing a type of harmonic motion. - Lissajous orbitLissajous orbitIn orbital mechanics, a Lissajous orbit, , named after Jules Antoine Lissajous, is a quasi-periodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion. Lyapunov orbits around a libration point are curved paths that lie...
, an orbital trajectory resembling a Lissajous curve.