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Butterfly Theorem Proof with animation اثبات قضيه مرحله به مرحله با انيميشن. |
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Morley's Theorem. Introduction with animation. Triangle + Trisectors = Equilateral triangle. Morley's Theorem Puzzle: 22 pieces of polygons اثبات وشرح قضيه مرحله به مرحله با انيميشن. |
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Menelaus' Theorem. Interactive proof with animation and key concepts اثبات قضيه مرحله به مرحله با انيميشن. |
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Platonic Solids. Interactive animation |
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Eyeball Theorem: Animated Angle to Geometry Study. |
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Prove the following: if, in a triangle ABC, mÐ BAO = mÐ OAC = 20°, mÐ ACO = 10°,and mÐ OCB = 30°, then mÐ OBC = 80°.

Prove the following: if, in a triangle ABC, median BD is such that mÐ A = mÐ DBC, and mÐ ADB = 45°, then mÐ A = 30°.
Table of Content
Triangles. Theorems and problems about triangles. ![]()
Circles. Theorems and problems about circles. ![]()
Butterfly Theorem. See also: Butterfly Theorem Puzzle
Heron's Formula. Key facts and a purely geometric step-by-step proof.
Langley Problem: 20° Isosceles Triangle Adventitious angles.
Miquel's Pentagram. Dynamic Geometry Cabri, GSP, Cinderella, C.a.R.
Monge & d'Alembert Three Circles Theorem I - Dynamic Geometry Requires Java applet 1.3 or higher.
Monge & d'Alembert Three Circles Theorem II - Dynamic Geometry Requires Java applet 1.3 or higher.
Nagel Point Theorem. See also: Nagel Point Flowchart Proof, Nagel Point Puzzle.
Pentagons and Pentagrams. Menelaus and Collinearity
Platonic Solids. Interactive animation.
Proposed Problems about congruence of line segments, angles, and triangles. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry.![]()
Triangle with the bisectors of the exterior angles. Collinearity
Triangle & squares. Fifteen theorems, visual illustrations.
Triangle with Squares 0 Two squares.
Triangle with Squares 1 Two squares.
Triangle with Squares 2 Two squares.
Triangle with Squares 3 Three squares.
Triangle with Squares 4 Finsler-Hadwiger Theorem.
Triangle with Squares 5 Two squares, median and altitude.
Triangle with Squares 6 Four squares.
| Classification of Curves | How Curves are Named | Other Constructions and Definitions | Curve Family Tree | Related Web Sites |
There are many ways to classify curves. One way is to determine whether a curve is the graph of some polynomial equation p[x,y]==0. The graph of a polynomial equation are called algebraic curves. Algebraic curve are assigned an order. The order of an algebraic curve is the degree of the polynomial. For example, line (a x + b y + c == 0); circle ((x+h)^2 + (y+k)^2 -r^2 == 0), or the deltoid ((x^2+y^2)^2 - 8 a x (x^2 - 3 y^2) + 18 a^2 (x^2 + y^2) - 27 a^4 == 0), are algebraic curves. Curves may be easy to trace but are not algebraic. For example, no polynomial's graph can be any of cycloid, equiangular spiral, or quadratrix of Hippias. Algebraic curves with degree greater than 2 are called higher plane curves. Non-algebraic curves are called transcendental curves. To determine whether a curve is algebraic requires graduate level math knowledge, and is beyond this project's scope. Here we will group curves by tracing methods.
There is a special class of curves known as fractal and space-filling curves. Simply, fractal curves are curves that are not smooth. All the curves covered here are such that when you keep magnifying parts of the curve, it'll eventually looks like a line, unless you are magnifying a cusp point. Fractal curves are such that no matter how large you magnify, the curve is still corrugated. In a sense, it's all cusps! Space filling curves are a special class of fractal curves, so named because they completely fill an area. Fractal and space-filling curves are discovered in late 17th century and their existence shocked mathematicians profoundly. They are interesting as a topic but this project will not deal with fractal or space-filling curves. Space-filling curves are also known as Peano curve, after logician Giuseppe Peano. Famous fractals includes the Helge von Koch's "Koch snowflake", David Hilbert's spacing-filling curve, William Gosper's "flowsnake", Benoit Mandelbrot's Mandelbrot set, George Canter's "Canter Dust", and others. (see Related Web Sites)
Here are some examples of how curves got named. The list is not exhaustive.
By Person's names: quadratrix of Hippias, conchoid of Nicomedes, Kappa curve, limacon of Pascal, lemniscate of Bernoulli, witch of Agnesi, folium of Descarte, trisectrix of Maclaurin, trident of Newton (aka parabola of Descartes), Bowditch curve, Tschirnhausen's cubic (aka trisectrix of Catalan, L'Hospital's cubic), Cayley's sextic, nephroid of Freeth. Euler's spiral (aka Clothoid ), Euler's curve (x^y==y^x), spiral of Cornu, Durer's conchoid, lissajous (aka Bowditch curve).
Note that in general, the name attached to a curve or a math theorem is not necessary the person who invented or worked on it.
By method of construction: caustics, derivative, integral, isoptic, orthoptic, parallel, pedal, radial, envelope, evolute, involute, cissoid, conchoid, roulette, glissette, strophoid, pursuit curve.
By property: trisectrix, quadratrix, brachistochrone (aka cycloid), tautochrone (aka cycloid), isochrone (aka semi-cubic parabola, semi-cubical parabola), anallagmatic curve.
By shape: astroid (star), deltoid (greek letter Delta) (aka tricuspid, Steiner's hypocycloid), cardioid (hear-shaped), conchoid of Nicomedes (mussel-shaped) (aka cochloid), nephroid (kidney-shaped), cycloid (circle, wheel), folia (leaf), trident of Newton (aka parabola of Descartes), serpentine (snake) (named by Newton), cissoid of Diocles (Ivy-shaped), rose (aka rhodonea), catenary (chain-shaped) (aka chainette, alysoid), tractrix (aka equitangential curve), spiral, lemniscate of Bernoulli (ribbon-shaped), lituus (crook), figure eight curve (aka lemniscate of Gerono), bullet nose, cross curve.
Historical reasons: ellipse, parabola, hyperbola, witch of Agnesi, limacon of Pascal (snail of Pascal, originated from Roberval).
By the form of the formula: semi-cubic parabola (aka isochrone, semi-cubical parabola), Parabola of Descartes (?) (aka trident of Newton).
Not exactly sure (research to do): circle, line, right strophoid (Barrow, 1670), Kampyle of Eudoxus, Kappa curve (Gutschoven's curve), Hippopede (horse fetter) (Proclus, ca.75 BC), bicorn (Sylvester, 1864), piriform (pear-shaped quartic) (De Longchamps, 1886), Clothoid, cochleoid (bernoulli, 1726), Cayley's sextic, Devil's curve (Cramer, 1750).
Brachistochrone (from Greek, brakhus:short, chrone:time) means a curve that connects to two given points such that a particle sliding from the higher point to the lower point under ideal physical law (ideal gravitational force, no friction, no air-resistance, particle has no volume ...etc.) will descent with the fastest time, among all possible curves. The unique solution is the cycloid, not straight line.
Tautochrone (Greek, tauto:same, chrone:time) is similar to brachistochrone. It's a curve that, connects two given points such that it takes the same amount of time for a particle to slide from any point on the curve to the lower point, under ideal physical law. This may sound paradoxical. Intuitively, the longer path the particle needs to glide, the longer time it will have to take. However, consider that acceleration rate is high when the slope is sharp, therefore it is possible for a curve whose curvature balances out so that no matter where the particle starts, it always takes the same time to reach the end. The unique solution is the cycloid.
The word Isochrone (Greek, iso:equal, chrone:time) is sometimes used to mean tautochrone, but other authors use it to mean the semi-cubic parabola -- a curve which a particle will descend equal vertical distances in equal time intervals, under ideal physical law. The latter meaning will be used here.
Anallagmatic curve is any curve that has inversion that's itself. Circle and Cassinian oval are examples.
Isoptic of a given curve C and a given angle α is the locus of a point P such that P is the intersection of tangents of C that meets in angle α. If α:=π/2, then the derived curve is called an orthoptic. For example, the orthoptic of a parabola is its directrix, and the orthoptic of an ellipse, hyperbola, or deltoid is a circle.
The phrases in parenthesis are reminders. Not all curves in this project appears below.
Sinusoidal “spiral” is defined to be r^n==a^n*Cos[n*θ], n rational. It is so-called because it's a “spira” but the radius vector increases and decreases “sinuously”.
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Many visual representations of iterative process are called fractals, not all of which are remotely considered curves. There are hundreds fractals resources on the web. Here are few selected ones.
William McWorter. A tutorial on L-systems -- an iterative process that can generate space-filling curves and other fractals. (7 long pages. excellent) http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/lsys/tutor.html
FractInt has a page that explains various types of fractals. http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractal_types.html. FractInt is an excellent (free) fractal program by coorperative efforts of programers.
Non-linear science FAQ, explains fractals, chaos and others. (excellent) http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci/nonlinear-faq/
Robert M. Dickau has graphics on fractals and chaos. http://mathforum.org/advanced/robertd/index.html#frac Especially the page on space-filling curves. http://mathforum.org/advanced/robertd/lsys2d.html.
MacTutor short biographies on Giuseppe Peano, Helge von Koch, Benoit Mandelbrot, Gaston Maurice Julia.
MacTutor Famous Curve Index on Plane Curve terminology.
Silvio Levy/CRC Press. Geometry Formulas and Facts. http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/reference/CRC-formulas/ In particular the page on Special Plane Curves. http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/reference/CRC-formulas/node32.html
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Seashells are a showcasing of spirals. There are great variety of spiral shapes. Suppose we start with a circle winding around a spiral.
• The circle can change size periodically, creating a corrugated shell somewhat emulate that of Paper Nautilus 04180001m-s.jpg
• If instead of a circle we have a polygon, we can simulate that of top shells 04020013m-s.jpg painted_top-s.jpg or Thather shell. thatcher-s.jpg or cones 09140046m-s.jpg DSCN0180m-s.jpg
• if the rounding shape periodically changes shape, as to become a star, then we might emulate shells that have horns such as the angaria_delphinula angaria_delphinula-s.jpg pink-mouthed murex 09130071m-s.jpg Venus's Comb 09130032m-s.jpg • the periodic change might also emulate those shell having ribs such as the wentletrap angulate_wentletrap-s.jpg the Harper shell 04170013m-s.jpg
This particular image is generated by the parametric formula:
x = 2*(1 - E^(u/(6*Pi)))*Cos[u]*Cos[v/2]^2, y = 2*(-1 + E^(u/(6*Pi)))*Cos[v/2]^2*Sin[u], z = 1 - E^(u/(3*Pi)) - Sin[v] + E^(u/(6*Pi))*Sin[v]}
Graphics code;
seashell_wentletrap.nb;
shell_para.gcf;
shell_para2.gcf;
shell_para3.gcf;
spindle.gcf
corrugated-shell.gcf
seashell-tops.gcf
seashell-wentletrap.gcf
I offer $5 for anyone who can come up with a parametric formula for the thatcher shell, wentletrap, or Venu's Comb including varios types of murexs that have radiating horns. (Mike Willams has sent me various formulas, see here :20050120-mike_williams.txt

This photo i took with my camera on 2002. The snail is picked up from the street in Bay Area California USA.
![]() Tech name: angaria delphinula, of the Delphinula group. Notice the exquisite color and regular horns. |
![]() This type of shell is called wentletrap. The word is originated in German meaning spiral staircase. The characteristics are the creamy white ribs. † |
![]() This one is called rose-branched murex. It has the typical shape of murexes. ‡ |
![]() Lataixis Mawae. A beauty of bizarreness. ‡ |
![]() This one is caled painted top, of commonedly called “top” shells because they resembel the toy top. Top shells are characterized by a geometrical flat circular cone. † |
![]() Zebra Auger. Auger shells are long and thing. ‡ |
![]() A thatcher shell. How extremely elegant. * |
![]() This one is called Spider Scorpian shell, of the family commonly called Spider Conch Shells. The spider family are characterized by the feet-like horny projections on their opening. One thing special about spider scorpian conch is that it has beautiful purplish openings. Here's a photo of it's spiral. |
![]() These types of shells are called Miter shells, and this is a typical shape. An auger shell are pretty much the same shape but 2 or 3 times longer. ‡ |
![]() This is a Salisbury's Spindle, of the spindle shell family. One can see that spindle shells are spindle-like. |
![]() Lamp Chank * |
![]() Episcopal Miter * |
![]() Cowie shells are characterized by their shiny and beautifully patterned surface. Their spiral is not apparent if viewed from the outside. * |
![]() Grove snail † |
The biological classification:
Kindom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
The shells animals are of Kindom Animalia (that is, animals), and Phylum Mollusca (they are mollusks). Mollusks have two major class: Gastropoda (gastropods) and Bivalvia (bivalves). Gastropods are those with spiral shells. Snails slugs limpets and abalone are all gastropods. Bivalves are those clam-like shells, including mussell, cockle, clam, oyster.
See also
‡ Photo from Encyclopedia of Shells, by Kenneth R. Wye, 1991. amazon.com↗.
† Photo from National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells, by Harald A. Rehder. 1981. amazon.com↗.
* Photo from a big art book.
• The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells. by Hans Meinhardt, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Deborah R. Fowler. amazon.com↗
Here's a collection of Seashell icons made in 2001 by Kate England kate.html
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This animation demonstrates how a surface area is generated by revolution and then how the sum of disks results in a volume. but the surface area is more complicated. |
This "SA" for the surface on the left was calculated using Mathematica®. |
یک تابلوی گلدوزی از مثلث خیام پاسکال که توسط "ویلیام اچ میشل۱۹۲۵ " و همسرش دوخته شده است در این تابلو هر یک ازاعداد اول به یک رنگ دوخته شده و اعداد مرکب باترکیب رنگ عاملهای اول آن عدد . به رنگ اعداد مربع کامل و توانهای اعداد اول دقت کنید!
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In Mitchell's design, prime numbers ( 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, . . . ) are designated by a single colored square. For example, the prime numbers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are represented respectively by the solid colors red, yellow, blue and green.
![]() Note that 126 = 2 x 32 x 7 is composed of two parts yellow (3) and one part each of red (2) and green (7). He finished his triangle with the 32nd row, or 25, or red with a tiny blue square. In addition, the project contains math operation symbols, Rubic's Cube, Sierpinski's Triangle and other mathematical memorabilia. Miller's mathematical needlework required great patience spread over several years. From a technical view point, each individual block required 120 stitches. There are over 500 blocks of colors. In Spring, 1984, Rutgers University honored their former math major by featuring his creation on the cover of their alumni magazine, 1766. |
![]() Pascal's version of the triangular array. |
![]() From a very early Greek manuscript found in the Vatican Library by the great classical scholar from Denmark, Johan Heiberg. |
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ابو عبدالله محمّد بن موسی خوارزمی (قرون دوم و سوم هجری) بزرگترین عالم عصر خود در ریاضی، جغرافی، نجوم و تاریخ بوده است. او در بیتالحکمه کار ميکرد. یکی از مهمترین پیشرفتها با کارهی خوارزمی شروع شد. ین پیشرفت، شروع جبر نام دارد و حرکتی انقلابی بود در دور شدن از مفهوم یونانی ریاضی که اساساً هندسی بود.
مهمترین کتاب خوارزمی کتاب حساب الجبر و المقابله است. کلمهیAlgebra از نام ین کتاب گرفته شده است. البتّه فقط قسمت اوّل ین کتاب به آنچه جبر مينامیم ارتباط دارد. بید بدانیم که ین کتاب به شکلی کاربردی و بری حلّ مسائل روزمرهی قلمرو اسلام نوشته شده است. خوارزمی در ین کتاب ابتدا اعداد طبیعی را معرّفی ميکند و سپس به حلّ معادلات ميپردازد. او معادلات خطّی و معادلات مربّعی را بررسی ميکند. خوارزمی از نماد استفاده نميکند و مسائل را با کلمات بیان ميکند. او معادلات را در شش دسته ردهبندی ميکند. ین ردهبندی با اجری جبر و مقابله انجام ميشود؛ جبر یعنی جابجیی جملات بری مثبت بودن همهی ضریب، و مقابله یعنی حذف جملات متناظر در دوطرف تساوی. رده بندی خوارزمی به ین صورت بود:
... مربّعی و ده ریشه برابر سيونه واحد اند. پس مسأله در ین نوع معادله ینگونه است: چه مربّعی است که وقتی با ده ریشهاش جمع شود مجموع سيونه را ميدهد؟ روش حلّ ین نوع معادله ین است که نصف ریشههی مذکور را بگیرید، در ین مسأله پنج، که وقتی در خودش ضرب شود بیستوپنج ميشود، وقتی که وقتی با سيونه جمع شود شصتوچهار را ميدهد. ریشهی شصتوچهار را ميگیریم که هشت است، و نصف ریشهها را از آن منها ميکنیم، که سه ميشود. پس ریشه عدد سه است و مربّع عدد ۹.
روش هندسی در شکل زیر مشخّص است:

خوارزمی رسالهای هم در زمینهی شمار هندی-عربی نوشت، متن عربی گم شدهاست ولی ترجمهی از ین کتاب به لاتین به نام Algoritmi de numero Indorum (به معنی الخوارزمی در باب روش حساب هندی) باعث برخاستن کلمهی الگوریتم شد. البتّه ین ترجمه دقیقاً با متن کتاب خوارزمی انطباق ندارد. بسیاری از ترجمههی ین کتاب با عبارت dixit Algorismi ("الخوارزمی چنین ميگوید") آغاز شدند، که به در قرون وسطی استفادهی کلمهی الگوریسم بری اشاره به حساب با ارقام هندی را سبب شد. کلمهی امروزی الگوریتم از ین واژه مشتق شده است.
یک تکه کاغذ بردارید، آن را نیم دور بپیچانید و دو انتهای آن را به هم بچسبانید. موجود ساده ای که ساخته اید، کلی خاصیت های عجیب و غریب دارد.
مثلا حتما می دانید که اگر سر و ته یک نوار را بدون پیچش به هم بچسبانیم، یک استوانه مانند ساخته میشود که اگر آن را از وسط ببریم، دو تکه میشود. اما اگر همین کار را روی این نوار عجیب انجام دهیم یک تکه باقی میماند و تنها طولش دو برابر می شود.
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برای اینکه با خاصیت های دیگر این موجود آشنا شوید چند تکه کاغذ و چسب نواری و قیچی بردارید و سعی کنید جواب این سوالات را پیدا کنید. به کمک جواب این سوال ها تردستی های زیادی طراحی شده است. شما هم می توانید به کمک آن ها دوستانتان را به تعجب وادارید.
فرض کنید قبل از آنکه دو سر نوار را به هم بچسبانیم، به جای یک بار، دو بار آن را بپیچانیم و بعد از وسط ببریم. چه اتفاقی خواهد افتاد؟
اگر نوار را سه، چهار، پانزده .... بار بپیچانیم چه اتفاقی خواهد افتاد؟ چه فرقی بین عددهای زوج و فرد هست؟

اگر به جای یک برش از وسط نوار دو برش به فاصله یک سوم از لبه ها بزنیم چه اتفاقی خواهد افتاد؟

این موجود را Augustus Mobius ریاضیدان و منجم آلمانی در سال 1858 کشف کرد و به همین خاطر نام آن را نوار موبیوس گذاشتند.. خاصیتی که در این نوار توجه موبیوس را جلب کرد، یک طرفه و یک لبه بودن آن بود. این نوار عجیب تنها یک رو دارد، یعنی یک مورچه که در نقطه ای از یک نوار موبیوس کاغذی ایستاده می تواند بدون رد شدن از لبه کاغذ به پشت آن نقطه (در سمت دیگر کاغذ) برسد. در حقیقت این نوار اصلا پشت ندارد. این خاصیت را می توانید در نقاشی زیر ببینید. همینطور، لبه این نوار از یک تکه تشکیل شده: یک دایره که روی خودش تا شده است.

Mobius Band II اثر escher
به نظر شما آیا نوار هایی که با تعداد زوجی پیچاندن ساخته می شوند هم این خاصیت ها را دارند؟
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http://mwt.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/world/lehre/basic_mathematics/fourier/node1.php3
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FourierSeries.html

(the French mathematician Joseph Fourier (1768-1830
Linear Programming - Operation Research
Probability And Statistics Theory
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