In geometry, a Reuleaux polygon is a curve of constant width made up of circular arcs of constant radius. These shapes are named after their prototypical...
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square, the Reuleaux triangle is also sometimes known as the Reuleaux rotor. The Reuleaux triangle is the first of a sequence of Reuleaux polygons whose boundaries...
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Reuleaux may refer to: Franz Reuleaux (1829–1905), German mechanical engineer and lecturer in geometry: Reuleaux polygon, a curve of constant width Reuleaux...
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segment Crescent Lens, vesica piscis (fish bladder) Lune Quatrefoil Reuleaux polygon Reuleaux triangle Salinon Semicircle Tomahawk Trefoil Triquetra Archimedean...
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Reinhardt polygon is an equilateral polygon inscribed in a Reuleaux polygon. As in the regular polygons, each vertex of a Reinhardt polygon participates...
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construction generates a Reuleaux triangle from an equilateral triangle. Some irregular polygons also generate Reuleaux polygons. In a closely related construction...
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equilateral polygon is inscribed in a Reuleaux polygon, it forms a Reinhardt polygon. Among all convex polygons with the same number of sides, these polygons have...
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version featuring Elizabeth II. The coin's outline is an 11-sided Reuleaux polygon. Its diameter of 26.5 mm (1.04 in) and its 11-sidedness match that...
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with holes in the middle. Coins in the shape of polygons often have rounded edges or are Reuleaux polygons. This article focuses mainly on circulating coins;...
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equal to πw. A similar analysis of other simple examples such as Reuleaux polygons gives the same answer. One proof of the theorem uses the properties...
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results in a cammed motion), various varieties of superellipses and Reuleaux polygons. Unlike conventional rolling-element bearings, they do not require...
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Geometrically, the shape of the coin forms an equilateral-curve heptagon, or Reuleaux polygon, a curve of constant width, meaning that the diameter is constant across...
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A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called vertices, are zero-dimensional...
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Heptagon (category Polygons by the number of sides)
In geometry, a heptagon or septagon is a seven-sided polygon or 7-gon. The heptagon is sometimes referred to as the septagon, using septa- (an elision...
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Hendecagon (category Polygons by the number of sides)
hendecagon (also undecagon or endecagon) or 11-gon is an eleven-sided polygon. (The name hendecagon, from Greek hendeka "eleven" and –gon "corner", is...
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with one side coinciding with part of the triangle's longest side. A Reuleaux triangle, or more generally any curve of constant width, can be inscribed...
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case of the biggest little polygon problem, and found the Reinhardt polygons, equilateral polygons inscribed in Reuleaux polygons that solve several related...
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Equilateral triangle (category Constructible polygons)
equal. Because of these properties, the equilateral triangle is a regular polygon, occasionally known as the regular triangle. It is the special case of...
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density ρ that floats in any orientation. Curve of constant width Reuleaux polygon Bor, Gil; Levi, Mark; Perline, Ron; Tabachnikov, Sergei (2018). "Tire...
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vertices lie at the three corners and one of the side midpoints of the Reuleaux triangle. An equidiagonal kite is a special case of a midsquare quadrilateral...
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Pi (section Polygon approximation era)
theorem, every curve of constant width has perimeter π times its width. The Reuleaux triangle (formed by the intersection of three circles with the sides of...
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possible Kovner–Besicovitch measure is the Reuleaux triangle. The Kovner–Besicovitch measure of any given convex polygon with n {\displaystyle n} vertices can...
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B-spline Nonuniform rational B-spline Ogee Loess curve Lowess Polygonal curve Maurer rose Reuleaux triangle Bézier triangle Caustic including Catacaustic and...
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Four-vertex theorem (category Polygons)
least six vertices. Although many curves of constant width, such as the Reuleaux triangle, are non-smooth or have circular arcs on their boundaries, there...
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representation of conic sections Dandelin spheres Curve of constant width Reuleaux triangle Frieze group Golden angle Holditch's theorem Interactive geometry...
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associate around 1514, which transforms the faces of an octahedron to Reuleaux triangles. Christian Gottlieb Reichard created a polyhedral globe based...
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Syntractrix Tractrix Trochoid Bézier curve Loess curve Lowess Ogee Polygonal curve Maurer rose Reuleaux triangle Stadium Splines B-spline Nonuniform rational B-spline...
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an even sided regular polygon. In principle, there are infinitely many polycons, as many as there are even sided regular polygons. Most members of the...
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the intersection of geometry and computer science. In the late 1800s F. Reuleaux, A. B. W. Kennedy, and L. Burmester formalized the analysis and synthesis...
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three circular disks forms a convex circular triangle. For instance, a Reuleaux triangle is a special case of this construction where the three disks are...
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