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Date: August 9th, 2008

The Other Manhole Cover

9 August, 2008 (07:36) | Math, Tech | No comments

Drilling Square Holes at Linearly Independent. All about the Reuleaux triangle and rotations thereof.
[I]t has the same maximum width regardless of how it is rotated. this property was thought to be only possessed by circles once and yet here’s a simple and apt counter example.
Constant width shapes can make great manhole covers, as no [...]

 

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