// Calculation Program for displaying a single concave circle, 2 July, 2008
// Equation of the curve: exp(-b*b*x*x)+exp(-c*c*y*y)=2*exp(-a*a). where a*a< sqrt(log(2)), and where b and c arbitrary real number.
// file name: distorted_circle_concave.c
#include< stdio.h>
#include< math.h>
void main(void)
{
double x,y,a,b,c;
int i,imax,j,m;
double xmin,xmax,dx;
double xx[10001],yy[10001];
FILE *fp;
// Setting of the constants
a=0.83;// where 0 < a < sqrt(log(2))=0.83255
b=1;
c=1;
printf("a=%f\n\n",a);
// Setting of the other parameters
// xmin and xmax are the minimum and maximum points of the curve on the x-axis
xmin=-sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-1)/(b*b));
xmax=sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-1)/(b*b));
dx=(xmax-xmin)/4000;// plotting interval of x
// execution of calculation
i=0;
for(x=xmin+dx;x< xmax;x=x+dx)
{
i++;
xx[i]=x;
y=sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-exp(-b*b*x*x))/(c*c));
yy[i]=y;
printf("i=%d,x=%f,y=%f\n",i,x,y);
}
imax=i;
j=0;
for(i=imax+1;i<=2*imax-1;i++)
{
j++;
m=imax-j;
xx[i]=xx[m];
x=xx[i];
yy[i]=-sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-exp(-b*b*x*x))/(c*c));
}
xx[2*imax]=xx[1];
x=xx[2*imax];
y=sqrt(-log(2*exp(-a*a)-exp(-b*b*x*x))/(c*c));
yy[2*imax]=y;
// writing the calculated coordinates data of the curve into a textfile
fp=fopen("distorted_circle.txt","w");
if(fp==NULL)
{
printf("FILE OPEN ERROR\n");
}
else
{
for(i=1;i<=2*imax;i++)
{
fprintf(fp,"%f,%f\n",xx[i],yy[i]);
}
fflush(fp);
fclose(fp);
}
printf("end\n");
}// the end of the program
RETURN