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I got

$\begin{split} &r^{2}\sin^{2}\varphi=2pr\cos\varphi \\& r(r\sin^{2}\varphi-2p\cos\varphi)=0 \\& r\sin^{2}\varphi-2p\cos\varphi=0 \implies r=\frac{2p\cos\varphi}{\sin^{2}\varphi} \end{split}$

So I got it's $\begin{cases}r=\frac{2p\cos\varphi}{\sin^{2}\varphi}\text{ if } \varphi \ne \pi/2 \\ r=0,\text{ if } \varphi = \pi/2 \end{cases}$

I'm not sure if this is correct or not. What bugs me is that r^2, so I can't express r normally and don't know if doing it by cases is correct.

  • If $varphi=0$, then $\cos\varphi=0$, so you would not need the second equation. You have an issue at $\varphi=0$ – Andrei Dec 23 '23 at 14:12

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