FrisbeePappus Chain

In the upper half of the frisbee you see a sequence of red tangent circles in an arbelos. These circles are called the Pappus Chain

With the construction below you can change the arbelos' shape and the size of the first five circles in the chain by dragging the red point.

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Find out how to construct the Pappus chain:
  1. Circle Inversion - a versatile tool for geometric constructions
  2. Constructing the Pappus Chain - see how to construct the tangent circles

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