The Garden of Archimedes
 The Garden of Archimedes
 A Museum for Mathematics

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Beyond the compasses




  

When the envelope of lines formed by the elastic threads of the exhibit is inserted in the spoke-holes of the wheel of a bicycle a cardioid ("a heart shaped curve") is formed.
This curve can be obtained by joining the P points of a circle a certain number of times to their corresponding point Q, in such a way that:

AÔP = PÔQ


 

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