Re: curve

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From: Remco de Korte
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 00:00

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Matthias Weiss wrote:
> 
> Once you've decided on the radius of the circular arc joining the two
> points,
> you cannot move them relative to each other and independently any
> more.
> If you change the radius, you change the arclength, which is not
> permitted
> according to you. I'm afraid circles won't do...
> 

When the radius is variable as well as the angle between the two lines
connecting the center of the circle with both points the length of the
arc can be a constant.
I was just suggesting circles because I think it's the most
straigtforward solution. It could also be a parabole or something like
that but I'm afraid that'll get far to complicated for what I want and
besides you'd have more then one (actually two) solutions.
(With a circle you'd have only two - if any).

> I hope this helps,
> Matthias Weiss
> mmshiro@math.lsa.umich.edu

Thanks,

Remco de Korte

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Date: 1998/08/23
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