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| In [[mathematics]], a '''quadratrix''' (from the [[Latin]] word ''quadrator,'' squarer) is a curve having [[ordinate]]s which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. The two most famous curves of this class are those of [[Dinostratus]] and [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus|E. W. Tschirnhausen]], which are both related to the circle.
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| ==Quadratrix of Dinostratus==
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| The quadratrix of Dinostratus (also called the ''quadratrix of Hippias'') was well known to the [[ancient Greek]] geometers, and is mentioned by [[Proclus]], who ascribes the invention of the curve to a contemporary of [[Socrates]], probably [[Hippias of Elis]]. Dinostratus, a Greek geometer and disciple of [[Plato]], discussed the curve, and showed how it affected a mechanical solution of [[squaring the circle]]. [[Pappus of Alexandria|Pappus]], in his ''Collections'', treats its history, and gives two methods by which it can be generated.
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| # Let a [[helix]] be drawn on a right circular [[cylinder (geometry)|cylinder]]; a screw surface is then obtained by drawing lines from every point of this spiral perpendicular to its axis. The [[orthogonal projection]] of a section of this surface by a plane containing one of the perpendiculars and inclined to the axis is the quadratrix.
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| # A right cylinder having for its base an [[Archimedean spiral]] is intersected by a right circular [[conical surface|cone]] which has the generating line of the cylinder passing through the initial point of the spiral for its axis. From every point of the curve of intersection, perpendiculars are drawn to the axis. Any plane section of the screw (plectoidal of Pappus) surface so obtained is the quadratrix.
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| [[File:Quadratrix_no_anim.svg|thumb|right|Quadratrix of Dinostratus (in red)]]
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| Another construction is as follows. ''DAB'' is a [[Circular sector|quadrant]] in which the line ''DA'' and the arc ''DB'' are divided into the same number of equal parts. Radii are drawn from the centre of the quadrant to the points of division of the arc, and these radii are intersected by the lines drawn parallel to ''AB'' and through the corresponding points on the radius ''DA''. The locus of these intersections is the quadratrix.
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| [[File:Quadratrixfunktion.svg|thumb|left|Quadratrix of Dinostratus with a central portion flanked by infinite branches]]
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| Letting ''A'' be the origin of the Cartesian coordinate system, ''D'' be the point (''a'',0), ''a'' units from the origin along the ''x'' axis, and ''B'' be the point (0,''a''), ''a'' units from the origin along the ''y'' axis, the curve itself can be expressed by the equation<ref>{{SpringerEOM|title=Dinstratus quadratrix|id=Dinostratus_quadratrix}}</ref>
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| :<math>y=x\cot\frac{\pi x}{2a}.</math>
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| Because the [[cotangent]] function is invariant under negation of its argument, and has a simple pole at each multiple of {{pi}}, the quadratrix has [[reflection symmetry]] across the ''y'' axis, and similarly has a pole for each
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| value of ''x'' of the form ''x'' = 2''na'', for integer values of ''n'', except at ''x'' = 0 where the pole in the cotangent is canceled by the factor of ''x'' in the formula for the quadratrix. These poles partition the curve into a central portion flanked by infinite branches. The point where the curve crosses the ''y'' axis has ''y'' = 2''a''/{{pi}}; therefore, if it were possible to accurately construct the curve, one could construct a line segment whose length is a rational multiple of 1/{{pi}}, leading to a solution of the classical problem of [[squaring the circle]]. Since this is impossible with [[Compass-and-straightedge construction|compass and straightedge]], the quadratrix in turn cannot be constructed with compass and straightedge.
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| An accurate construction of the quadratrix would also allow the solution of two other classical problems known to be impossible with compass and straightedge, [[doubling the cube]] and [[trisecting an angle]].
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| ==Quadratrix of Tschirnhausen==
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| The quadratrix of Tschirnhausen<ref>See definition and drawing in the following online source: {{cite book|author=Hutton C.|title=A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary Containing... Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Authors, |volume=2|location=London|pages=271-272|year=1815|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_xk2AAAAQAAJ&pg=PA272#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> is constructed by dividing the arc and radius of a quadrant in the same number of equal parts as before. The mutual intersections of the lines drawn from the points of division of the arc parallel to DA, and the lines drawn parallel to AB through the points of division of DA, are points on the quadratrix. The cartesian equation is y=a cos 2a. The curve is periodic, and cuts the axis of x at the points x= (2n - I)a, n being an integer; the maximum values of y are =a. Its properties are similar to those of the quadratrix of Dinostratus.
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| ==References==
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| *{{1911}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{commonscat|Quadratrix}}
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| * [http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ehistory/Curves/Quadratrix.html Quadratrix of Hippias] at the [[MacTutor archive]].
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| *[http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=1207&bodyId=1353 Hippias' Quadratrix] at [http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/ Convergence]
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