// Calculation program for displaying of a asteroid or a flower having n number of corners, Jan. 17 (Sat.), 2009
// Original equation of convex circle: exp(-b*b*x*x)+exp(-c*c*y*y)=2*exp(-a*a), where a*a < sqrt(log(2)), b and c are arbitrary real numbers.
// x=xMAX*sin{(phai-pi/2)*(n/2)} and y=r-r0 are introduced in the above equation for the expression of a polar coordinates into n numbers of corners.
// Furthermore, x=r*sin(phai) and y=r*cos(phai) are used to the expression of a x-y cordinates.
// file name: asteroid.c
#include< stdio.h>
#include< math.h>
void main(void)
{
double a,b,c,pi;// the value of the pi.
double r,p,dp;// the radius vector. the phase angle and its minute increment respectively in a polar coodinates
double r0;// a constant value of the radius vector for an augmentation
double pmin,pmax;// the minimum and maximum values of the phase angle respectively
double xmax;// the maximum value of x in original voncave curve. By the way, the minimum value of x (xmin) is that xmin=-xmax.
int n;// number of corners in the asterroid or the shape of flower
int i,imax;
double xx[10001],yy[10001];// Take care of the upper limit of storage memory capacitance.
FILE *fp;
// Setting of the constants
pi=3.14159265;
a=0.83;// [Notation] 0 < a < sqrt(log(2))=0.83255
b=1;
c=1;
xmax=sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-1)/(b*b));
r0=0.5*xmax;
printf("Input the value of n ,where n is natural number. \n n=?\n");// input of numbers of corners n
scanf("%d",&n);
printf("n=%d\n",n);
// Setting of the other parameters
pmin=0;
pmax=2*pi;
dp=(pmax-pmin)/10000;// // plotting interval of the phase angle p
// execution of calculation
i=0;
for(p=pmin+dp;p< pmax;p=p+dp)
{
i++;
r=r0+(1./c)*sqrt(-log(2.*exp(-a*a)-exp(-b*b*xmax*xmax*sin((p-pi/2.)*(n/2.))*sin((p-pi/2.)*(n/2.)))));
xx[i]=r*cos(p);
yy[i]=r*sin(p);
printf("i=%d,x=%f,y=%f\n",i,xx[i],yy[i]);
}
imax=i;
// writing the calculated coordinates data (expressed in (x,y) coordinates) into a textfile named "asteroid.txt"
fp=fopen("asteroid.txt","w");
if(fp==NULL)
{
printf("FILE OPEN ERROR\n");
}
else
{
for(i=1;i<=imax;i++)
{
fprintf(fp,"%f,%f\n",xx[i],yy[i]);
}
fflush(fp);
fclose(fp);
}
printf("end\n");
}// the end of the program
RETURN