
The Archimedean spiral is a spiral named after the Greek mathematician Archimedes.



An Archimedean spiral can be described by the equation:






r
=
a
+
b
θ


{\displaystyle \,r=a+b\theta }


with real numbers a and b.



Task
Draw an Archimedean spiral.




clear all
scalar h=_pi/40
set obs 400
gen t=_n*h
gen x=(1+t)*cos(t)
gen y=(1+t)*sin(t)
line y x