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About MathWorld The quadratrix was discovered by Hippias of Elias in 430 BC, and later studied by Dinostratus in 350 BC (MacTutor Contribute to MathWorld Archive). It can be used for angle trisection or, more generally, division of an angle into any integral number of equal Send a Message to the Team parts, and circle squaring. It has polar equation MathWorld Book (1)

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13,191 entries with corresponding parametric equation Last updated: Wed Nov 6 2013 (2) Created, developed, and nurtured by Eric Weisstein at Wolfram Research (3)

and Cartesian equation

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Using the parametric representation, the curvature and tangential angle are given by

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SEE ALSO: Angle trisection, Cochleoid

REFERENCES: Beyer, W. H. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 28th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 223, 1987. Law rence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, pp. 195 and 198, 1972. Loomis, E. S. "The Quadratrix." §2.1 in The Pythagorean Proposition: Its Demonstrations Analyzed and Classified and Bibliography of Sources for Data of the Four Kinds of "Proofs," 2nd ed. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 19-20, 1968. Loy, J. "Trisection of an Angle." http://w w w .jimloy.com/geometry/trisect.htm#curves. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. "Quadratrix of Hippias." http://w w w -groups.dcs.st- and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Quadratrix.html.

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