Why Do We Use Lemniscate?

The lemniscate, reduced in size to that of typographical characters, is commonly used as the symbol for infinity, or for a value that increases without limit.

What is the meaning of lemniscate?

: a figure-eight shaped curve whose equation in polar coordinates is ρ2=a2 cos 2θ or ρ2=a2 sin 2θ

What is lemniscate in math?

In algebraic geometry, a lemniscate is any of several figure-eight or ∞-shaped curves. ... The study of lemniscates (and in particular the hippopede) dates to ancient Greek mathematics, but the term "lemniscate" for curves of this type comes from the work of Jacob Bernoulli in the late 17th century.

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