# Please, help toconvert the Polar Equation to Cartesian Coordinates: r^{2}=\sec4\theta

Please, help toconvert the Polar Equation to Cartesian Coordinates:
$$\displaystyle{r}^{{{2}}}={\sec{{4}}}\theta$$

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Poul1963
$$\displaystyle{r}^{{{2}}}={\sec{{4}}}\theta={\frac{{{1}}}{{{\cos{{4}}}\theta}}}={\frac{{{1}}}{{{\cos{{\left({2}\theta+{2}\theta\right)}}}}}}={\frac{{{1}}}{{{\cos{{2}}}\theta{\cos{{2}}}\theta-{\sin{{2}}}\theta{\sin{{2}}}\theta}}}={\frac{{{1}}}{{{1}-{8}{{\sin}^{{{2}}}\theta}+{8}{{\sin}^{{{4}}}\theta}}}}={\frac{{{1}}}{{{1}-{\frac{{{8}{y}^{{{2}}}}}{{{x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}}}}+{8}{\left({\frac{{{y}^{{{2}}}}}{{{x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}}}}\right)}^{{{2}}}}}}$$
$$\displaystyle{x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}={\frac{{{\left({x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}\right)}^{{{2}}}}}{{{\left({x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}\right)}^{{{2}}}-{8}{y}^{{{2}}}{\left({x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}\right)}+{8}{y}^{{{4}}}}}}$$
So,
$$\displaystyle{x}^{{{4}}}+{y}^{{{4}}}-{6}{x}^{{{2}}}{y}^{{{2}}}={x}^{{{2}}}+{y}^{{{2}}}$$
Donald Valley