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