Similar Curves
Several types of curves have the property that all examples of that type are similar to each other. These include:
- Circles
- Parabolas
- Hyperbolas of a specific eccentricity
- Ellipses of a specific eccentricity
- Catenaries
- Graphs of the logarithm function for different bases
- Graphs of the exponential function for different bases
- Logarithmic spirals
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