Wittgenstein's rod

Wittgenstein's rod is a problem in geometry discussed by 20th-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. == Description == A ray is drawn with its origin A on a circle, through an external point S and a point B is chosen at some constant distance from the starting end of the ray; what figure does B describe when all the initial points on the circle are considered?

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Wittgenstein's rod

Wittgenstein's rod is a problem in geometry discussed by 20th-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. == Description == A ray is drawn with its origin A on a circle, through an external point S and a point B is chosen at some constant distance from the starting end of the ray; what figure does B describe when all the initial points on the circle are considered?

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