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Problem 4.13

6 November, 2015 - 16:28

The figure shows a curve with a tangent line segment of length 1 that sweeps around it, forming a new curve that is usually outside the old one. Prove Holditch’s theorem, which states that the new curve’s area differs from the old one’s by \pi. (This is an example of a result that is much more difficult to prove without making use of infinitesimals.)