The Spiral of Theodorus
The Spiral of Theodorus
The spiral of Theodorus is a spiral constructed from a contiguous sequence of right-angled triangles. Each triangle in the sequence has height 1 and a base constructed from the hypotenuse of the previous triangle. The sequence starts with the unit-length isosceles triangle. It was first constructed by Theodorus of Cyrene and is also called square root spiral, Einstein spiral, or Pythagorean spiral.
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Simon Tyler
"The Spiral of Theodorus"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheSpiralOfTheodorus/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: August 31, 2011