Roulette (Hypotrochogon) of a Polygon Rolling inside Another Polygon @wolframmathematica
Roulette (Hypotrochogon) of a Polygon Rolling inside Another Polygon @wolframmathematica
Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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A hypotrochogon is the trace (roulette) of a point attached to a regular polygon rolling without slipping inside another regular polygon [1]. The hypotrochogon can be curtate if the tracing point is inside the rolling polygon, or prolate if it is outsid...

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