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Given a source 
 and a curve 
, pick a point on 
 and find its tangent 
.  Then the Locus of
reflections of 
 about tangents 
 is the orthotomic curve (also known as the secondary Caustic).  The
Involute of the orthotomic is the Caustic.  For a parametric curve 
 with respect to the point
, the orthotomic is
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See also Caustic, Involute
References
Lawrence, J. D.  A Catalog of Special Plane Curves.  New York: Dover, p. 60, 1972.