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A Linear Algorithm for Incremental Digital Display of Circular Arcs

. Commun. ACM, 20 (2): 100--106 (February 1977)
DOI: 10.1145/359423.359432

Abstract

Circular arcs can be drawn on an incremental display device such as a cathode ray tube, digital plotter, or matrix printer using only sign testing and elementary addition and subtraction. This paper describes methodology for producing dot or step patterns closest to the true circle.

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