Decompose
into four pieces to form a square.


Decompose a Greek cross into three pieces to form a rectangle.



Dissect a regular triangle into six pieces to form a regular hexagon

Reassemble this into a circular disk



Gear-wheels coupling formed by epicycloids Gear-wheel coupling among the epicycloids and hypocycloids
Gear-wheel coupling among trochoids Gear tooth coupling between an
epicycloid and a hypocycloid
Deltoid-cardioid coupling Nephroid-cardioid coupling
Nephroid-epicycloid 4 coupling
Rotating rose curve r = cos 7t/2 + cos s
Bowditch curve Trammel of Archimedes
Process of constructing the graph of a polynomial with coefficients given Process of constructing the graph of a polynomial with roots given
Proof of Pythagoras theorem with the least number of dissections Linkage to generate an ellipse
Hart's Linkage Linkage to generate a pear-shaped curve
Linkage to generate the lemniscate of Bernoulli (1) Linkage to generate the lemniscate of Bernoulli (2)
Two rotating ellipses sliding against each other Break Dancing
Linkage to generate the nephroid Linkage to generate the cardioid
Triangle sliding on two orthogonal lines Triangle sliding on two lines
Orthogonal tangents of the cardioid Orthogonal tangents of the deltoid
Symmetrically located tangents of the astroid This is how it's constructed
Symmetrically located tangents of the nephroid This is how it's constructed
The cardioid sliding on two orthogonal lines The nephroid sliding on three symmetrically located lines
Three parallel tangents to the cardioid Deltoid sliding inside a nephroid
Pentagon inscribed in cardioid with constant area Equal viewing angle from the cusp
Escribed pentagon with constant area
Double generation of the deltoid Double generation of the astroid
Double generation of the cardioid Double generation of the nephroid
Double generation of the rose curve A property of a chain of tangential circles
Osculating circle of the deltoid Osculating circle of the astroid
Osculating circle of the nephroid Osculating circle of the cardioid
Osculating circle of the cycloid
Osculating circle of the ellipse Osculating circle of the parabola
Osculating circle of the lemniscate of Bernoulli Osculating circle of the trochoid
Osculating circle of the complex curve (1) Osculating circle of the complex curve (2)
Osculating circle of the "egg" Osculating circle of the spiral
Nephroid passing through the vertices of a regular triangle Astroid passing through the vertices of a regular triangle
Caustic property of the circle Caustic property of the cardioid
Principle behind the cardioid condensor Simple harmonic motion related to the cardioid
Hyperbolas orthogonal to a fixed ellipse Ellipses orthogonal to a fixed hyperbola
Rectangles circumscribed to an ellipse Orthogonal normals to a cardioid
f(x,t)=sin(x+t) Formation of the cycloid
Formation of the nephroid Formation of the deltoid
Formation of the astroid Formation of the cardioid
Formation of the ellipse
Diameter of a rolling circle Ellipse inscribed in the astroid
Poncelet's porism between two ellipses
Ruler construction: a line through a point and parallel to a segemnt with midpoint given Ruler construction: find the midpoint of a line segment with a parallel line given
Ruler construction: Given a circle and its center, construct an inscribed square
Locating the center of a circle using compass alone Regular pentagon constructed with the compass alone

 
A property of the reuglar 7-gon A property of the regular 9-gon
A property of the regular 11-gon A property of the regular 13-gon