Conics sections.Polares.
http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/MultCalc/PolarConics/conics.htm
http://www.letu.edu/people/stevearmstrong/Math1613/Lesson%2010.6.ppt
http://faculty.eicc.edu/bwood/ma155supplemental/supplemental36.htm
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/F06/408M/finsol.pdf
http://ltcconline.net/greenl/courses/107/PolarParam/PolarParam.htm
Curba curiosa:sin(2^ theta)-1.7