Reinventing the wheel (on topic!)

Simon Brooke said:

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"So far, no one has found a road-and wheel combination in which the road
has the same shape as the wheel. That's an intriguing challenge for
mathematicians."

Circular/circular does it. As seen when a cyclist rides a Wall-of-Death.
Yes I _do_ mean cyclist, and a very strong lad he was!

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Simon Brooke said:

<URL:http://www.primidi.com/2004/04/05.html>

"So far, no one has found a road-and wheel combination in which the road
has the same shape as the wheel. That's an intriguing challenge for
mathematicians."

Circular/circular does it. As seen when a cyclist rides a Wall-of-Death.

As seen more frequently when a cyclist rides a straight road on the surface
of a globe.

Alan Braggins said:

Mike Causer said:

Simon Brooke said:

<URL:http://www.primidi.com/2004/04/05.html>

"So far, no one has found a road-and wheel combination in which the
road has the same shape as the wheel. That's an intriguing
challenge for mathematicians."

Circular/circular does it. As seen when a cyclist rides a
Wall-of-Death.

As seen more frequently when a cyclist rides a straight road on the
surface of a globe.

Well, circular up to a point. The line on the globe being more circular, of
course.

--
Ambrose

Simon Brooke said:

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I have no comment to make.

Oh dear! Doesn't ol' Roland Piquepaille get enough page
impressions off his "cordial" relationship with the
slashdot editors?

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