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Shortest Path Solution by Epitrochoid Machine

by Mark Schwartz (Ohio Wesleyan University) and Darryl Adams (Cap Gemini America)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
May, 1999

Subject classification(s): Geometry and Topology | Geometric Proof
Applicable Course(s): 3.2 Mainstream Calculus II | 4.9 Geometry

Mechanical proof of the shortest path system


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