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#1 2011-11-22 00:41:30
- benice
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Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle
Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle:
(1) Polygonal Epicycloid
(2) Polygonal Epitrochoid (new!)
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#2 2011-11-22 00:46:54
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Re: Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle
Hi benice;
Good use of geogebra!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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#3 2011-11-22 00:52:10
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Re: Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle
hi benice,
That's real mathematical beauty. Excellent! 
Bob
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#4 2011-11-28 00:51:00
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Re: Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle
Hello everyone!
Thank you for your appreciation.
Polygonal Epitrochoid
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#5 2011-11-28 01:16:09
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Hi benice;
Those are really cool! Here is my favorite:
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#6 2011-12-02 10:59:49
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Re: Rolling Regular Polygons around a Circle
When a corner is pivoting, all is easy, however, when the edge of the polygon is rolling of the circle, things get harder, in my "at a glance" opinion. Consider rolling along a flat edge instead of a circle, then the edge rolling doesn't happen.
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