Gist f7ddd40cd326e033f91e1a433eeed7b9

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Gist f7ddd40cd326e033f91e1a433eeed7b9

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This example plots a parametric curve of Mickey Mouse’s head and ears using a Fourier-style sum of sine waves. The visualization shows the iconic silhouette generated from 100 points, each computed via two long trigonometric expressions for the x and y coordinates. The code uses Power Query’s `Table` and `List.Accumulate` to generate the point table, while the actual plotting relies on DAX table expressions that define the coordinate formulas. The rendering approach is implicit, with the curve drawn as a continuous line from the calculated points, and the source data is purely synthetic, created from the mathematical functions rather than external data.

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