Reflections on the Arbelos

DOI10.2307/27641891zbMath1136.51010OpenAlexW4232612326WikidataQ29394683 ScholiaQ29394683MaRDI QIDQ5440571

Harold P. Boas

Publication date: 5 February 2008

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/27641891

zbMATH Keywords

inversionApollonian circle packingarbelosshoemaker's knifeArchimedean circleMohr's circlesApollonius' circlesPappus' chains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) History of mechanics of deformable solids (74-03) General histories, source books (01A05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01) History of geometry (51-03)

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