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Spiral of Theodorus
Polygonal curve made from right triangles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In geometry, the spiral of Theodorus (also called the square root spiral, Pythagorean spiral, or Pythagoras's snail)[1] is a spiral composed of right triangles, placed edge-to-edge. It was named after Theodorus of Cyrene.
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