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If you\u2019re staring at the same four diagrams in the screenshot above and scratching your head in despair, don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not alone. It\u2019s a long time since I left school, but I\u2019m pretty sure I never learned anything like this. After some research, I did find an explanation of the difference between an algebraic spiral and a pseudo-spiral, but it was no help at all. Apparently, the equations of algebraic spirals are algebraic with respect to \u03c1 and \u03d5. Whereas the equations of pseudo-spirals are always r = as^m, with r being the radius of curvature, and s being the arc length. So, that clears that up then, right? No, of course not. This explanation brought me no closer to the answer, and frankly, I was starting to get a bit \u03c1issed \u03d5ff. I was pretty sure that B was an Archimedean spiral, which is a type of algebraic spiral. 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