An electric machine comprising: a core for the electric machine, the core being a rotor seated on a shaft, and the core comprising: a core body arranged along a rotation axis of the shaft, the core body having a plurality of teeth distributed about the radial outer periphery of the core body including at least a first tooth and a second tooth circumferentially spaced from one another about the rotation axis; and a core winding fixed to the core body and having a plurality of coils connected electrically in series with one another, a first one of the plurality of coils seated circumferentially about both the first tooth and the second tooth, and a second one of the plurality of coils is seated about only one of the first tooth and the second tooth, and the first and second coils (332, 334) defining a distributed pole circumferentially spanning both the first tooth and the second tooth; and a current source in electrical communication with the core winding, wherein the core winding defines a plurality of distributed poles arranged circumferentially about the rotation axis; wherein for shaping a pole arc of the distributed poles of the core: the first tooth has a first circumferential span, the second tooth has a second circumferential span, the second circumferential span is greater than the first circumferential span, the first coil 11 comprises a plurality of first coil turns, the second coil comprises a plurality of second coil turns, and the plurality of second coil turns differs from the plurality of first coil turns; wherein the winding and the core body cooperatively define twelve distributed poles, wherein the core body has twenty-four teeth, and wherein the winding has twenty-four coils; and the electric machine further comprising a stator with a stator winding, wherein the stator extends about the rotation axis and the core is supported for rotation about the rotation axis relative to the stator. a core for the electric machine, the core being a rotor seated on a shaft, and the core comprising: a core body arranged along a rotation axis of the shaft, the core body having a plurality of teeth distributed about the radial outer periphery of the core body including at least a first tooth and a second tooth circumferentially spaced from one another about the rotation axis; and a core winding fixed to the core body and having a plurality of coils connected electrically in series with one another, a first one of the plurality of coils seated circumferentially about both the first tooth and the second tooth, and a second one of the plurality of coils is seated about only one of the first tooth and the second tooth, and the first and second coils (332, 334) defining a distributed pole circumferentially spanning both the first tooth and the second tooth; and a current source in electrical communication with the core winding, wherein the core winding defines a plurality of distributed poles arranged circumferentially about the rotation axis; wherein for shaping a pole arc of the distributed poles of the core: the first tooth has a first circumferential span, the second tooth has a second circumferential span, the second circumferential span is greater than the first circumferential span, the first coil 11 comprises a plurality of first coil turns, the second coil comprises a plurality of second coil turns, and the plurality of second coil turns differs from the plurality of first coil turns; wherein the winding and the core body cooperatively define twelve distributed poles, wherein the core body has twenty-four teeth, and wherein the winding has twenty-four coils; and the electric machine further comprising a stator with a stator winding, wherein the stator extends about the rotation axis and the core is supported for rotation about the rotation axis relative to the stator. a core body arranged along a rotation axis of the shaft, the core body having a plurality of teeth distributed about the radial outer periphery of the core body including at least a first tooth and a second tooth circumferentially spaced from one another about the rotation axis; and a core winding fixed to the core body and having a plurality of coils connected electrically in series with one another, a first one of the plurality of coils seated circumferentially about both the first tooth and the second tooth, and a second one of the plurality of coils is seated about only one of the first tooth and the second tooth, and the first and second coils (332, 334) defining a distributed pole circumferentially spanning both the first tooth and the second tooth; and a current source in electrical communication with the core winding, wherein the core winding defines a plurality of distributed poles arranged circumferentially about the rotation axis; wherein for shaping a pole arc of the distributed poles of the core: the first tooth has a first circumferential span, the second tooth has a second circumferential span, the second circumferential span is greater than the first circumferential span, the first coil 11 comprises a plurality of first coil turns, the second coil comprises a plurality of second coil turns, and the plurality of second coil turns differs from the plurality of first coil turns; wherein the winding and the core body cooperatively define twelve distributed poles, wherein the core body has twenty-four teeth, and wherein the winding has twenty-four coils; and the electric machine further comprising a stator with a stator winding, wherein the stator extends about the rotation axis and the core is supported for rotation about the rotation axis relative to the stator.