The Cycloid
Channel: Andrew Misseldine
Date: 09/07/2020

In this video, we construct parametric equations for the cycloid.

This is lecture 30 (part 1/3) of the lecture series offered by Dr. Andrew Misseldine for the course Math 1220 - Calculus II at Southern Utah University. A transcript of this lecture can be found at Dr. Misseldine's website or through his Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b-sJMJwgFmLyhELQpm0-QdTzKKhk6y-g/view

This video is also used as a review video for Math 1060-Trigonometry at Southern Utah University. In this regard, this video is part of lecture 37 (part 3/3). A transcript of this lecture can be found at Dr. Misseldine's website or through his Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iK3Mi_QxGucIVjPh2IaxieG8e5BySDeN/view

This lecture is based upon Section 10.1 of Calculus by James Stewart. Please post any questions you might have below in the comment field and Dr. Misseldine (or other commenters) can answer them for you. Please also subscribe for further updates.

The link to the Wikipedia page about cycloids is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloid