Infinite chains of tangent circles

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Authors Hussein Tahir

Publication date 16 September 2001

Published in The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Pappustangent circles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

Review text

The author extends some results of Pappus of Alexandria concerning several cases of infinite chains of tangent circles in a shape named ``arbelos. The locus of the centers of these circles is found to be a conic section. Formulae for the radius and the center's coordinates for a generic circle in the chain are given.

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