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circle inversion

noun

Definitions

  1. A transformation that maps any point P ≠ O to the point P’ on the ray from O through P…

    A transformation that maps any point P ≠ O to the point P’ on the ray from O through P for which OP × OP’ = r², and which maps O to the point at infinity.

    • The first of these is obtained by the method of circle inversion first discovered by Peaucellier.
    • Nikolai Joukowski (1847-1921) was a Russian mathematician who did research in aerodynamics (James and James, 1992). He used circle inversion in the complex number plane to study airfoil shapes.

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