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

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Beyond the compasses




     

A circle rotating on a straight line remains in the strip of plane comprised between this line and its parallel at a distance equal to the diameter of the circle. As it continues to move, the circle is always in contact with both lines. It is a figure with constant amplitude.
Initially, it seems strange that there are other curves with the same qualities. However, it is easy to draw as many curves as possible.


 

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