Definition:Epicycloid/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Epicycloid
The epicycloid was studied by Apollonius of Perga.
He used it to represent the motion of the planets.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): epicycloid
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): epicycloid