Butterfly Curve
November 2, 2026
The Butterfly Curve is a special planar curve consisting of elegant functions, first described in 1989 by the American mathematician Temple H. Fay in Mathematics Magazine. Its polar-coordinate form is commonly used, though it can also be defined by two parametric functions in Cartesian coordinates. In Praise of Useless Things The Butterfly Curve has no functional role or practical application in modern technology or theory (it is frequently confused with the Lorenz Attractor, to which it is totally unrelated). It…