The Hypocycloid

In geometry a hypocycloid is a special plane generated by the trace of a fixed point on a small circle that rolls within a larger circle. It is comparable to the cycloid but instead of the circle rolling along a line, it rolls within a circle. To animate the circle, click the Play button located at the bottom-left of the applet.

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Creating a hypocycloid is included in the GeoGbra Intermediate Tutorial Series . It will be the next GeoGebra tutorial post.