Schoch circles

Schoch circles

In geometry, the Schoch circles are twelve Archimedean circles constructed by Thomas Schoch. [cite web| url=http://www.retas.de/thomas/arbelos/biola/index.html| title=A Dozen More Arbelos Twins| author=Thomas Schoch| publisher=Biola University| date=1998| accessdate=2008-08-30]

History

In 1979, Thomas Schoch discovered a dozen new Archimedean circles; he sent his discoveries to Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" editor Martin Gardner. The manuscript was forwarded to Leon Bankoff. Leon Bankoff gave a copy of the manuscript to Professor Clayton Dodge of the University of Maine in 1996. The two were planning to write an article about the Arbelos, in which the Schoch circles would be included; however, Bankoff passed away the year after.

In 1998, Peter Y. Woo of Biola University, published Schoch's findings on his website. By generalizing two of Schoch's circles, Woo discovered an infinite family of Archimedean circles named the Woo circles in 1999. [cite web| url=http://www.retas.de/thomas/arbelos/myStory.html| title=Arbelos| author=Thomas Schoch| accessdate=2008-08-30| date=2007]

Circles




ee also

*Schoch line

References

* [http://home.wxs.nl/~lamoen/wiskunde/Arbelos/Catalogue.htm Online catalogue of Archimedean circles]
*Hiroshi Okumura and Masayuki Watanabe (2004). " [http://forumgeom.fau.edu/FG2004volume4/FG200404.pdf The Archimedean Circles of Schoch and Woo] ". Forum Geometricorum Volume 4.


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