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many calculus books including our book allow that when drawing polar curves like r = sin(theta). In general, it is better to avoid negative radii. The radius is the distance to the origin. If one allows negative r, then one adds more ambiguity into the point (-1,0) could be written as (r,theta) = (1,Pi) or (-1,0).
