Villarceau Circles
Villarceau Circles
It is obvious that every point on a torus is contained in two circles that lie on the torus. Less obvious is the fact that every such point is contained in two additional circles, called the Villarceau circles.
Details
Details
This code is taken from S. Wagon, Mathematica in Action, 3rd ed., forthcoming from Springer-Verlag.
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Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Stan Wagon
"Villarceau Circles"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/VillarceauCircles/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: January 18, 2008