Category: GeoGebra Applets

The Chebyshev Walking Machine

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The Chebyshev linkage is a mechanical linkage that converts rotational motion to approximate straight-line motion. It was invented by the 19th century mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev who studied theoretical problems in kinematic mechanisms.
 
One of these linkages is shown above. It is called the Chebyshev walking machine. Notice that the mechanism seems to reproduce the legs of an animal. Click the Play button to start the animation.
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Five Squares to One

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Move points A and B to resize the squares. Drag the slider to the extreme right to move the parts of the square. This is a Java Applet created using GeoGebra from www.geogebra.org – it looks like you don’t have Java installed, please go to www.java.com
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Contributed by: Izidor Hafner
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Dissecting an Octagon to Two Smaller Octagons

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To dissect the octagon, move slider alpha to the extreme right and then move slider v to the extreme right.
This is a Java Applet created using GeoGebra from www.geogebra.org – it looks like you don’t have Java installed, please go to www.java.com
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Contributed by: Izidor Hafner
Based on work by: Greg N. Frederickson

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Cross to Isosceles Triangle Dissection

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Move the Size slider to change the size of the cross and move the slider $latex \alpha$ to the extreme right to transform the figure. 
 

The applet above is an example of a dissection puzzle. A dissection puzzle, also called a transformation puzzle tiling puzzle where a set of pieces can be assembled in different ways to produce two or more distinct geometric shapes (Wikipedia).
 
The cross to isosceles triangle dissection puzzle above was created by Henry Dudeney in 1897.
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Folding an Ellipse

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Paper Folding Activity

1. Draw a circle and draw a point in its interior.
2. Mark a point anywhere on the circle.
3. Fold such that the two points coincide and crease well.
4. Repeat steps 2-3 as many times as you can.

What do you observer about the creases?Note: The green lines represents the folds on the circle.

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Polygon Names

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Move the slider to change the number of sides of the polygon.   This is a Java Applet created using GeoGebra from www.geogebra.org – it looks like you don’t have Java installed, please go to www.java.com
This applet is designed for elementary school pupils to help them memorize the names of polygons.

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Napoleon’s Theorem

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In the applet below, ABC is a triangle whose sides are also sides of equilateral triangles that contain the green line segments. Points P, Q, and R are centroids of the equilateral triangles.  

1) What do you observe about the figure?
2) Move points A, B, and C. Are your observations still the same?

This is a Java Applet created using GeoGebra from www.geogebra.org – it looks like you don’t have Java installed, please go to www.java.com

The Napoleon theorem states that if equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward, or all inward, the centers of those triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.


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