Which mathematical curve describes sun movement on the sky during the year?

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There is a kind of photography that is called a solargraphy which is essentially a photo with a giant exposure period — half of the year or so. I noticed that sun trajectories on the sky are very similar to mathematical curves, take a look:

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Is sun movement from the point of the viewer on the Earth described by the mathematical law? By which one?