Archimedean spiral

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Etymology

Named after Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC), a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.

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Archimedean spiral (plural Archimedean spirals)

  1. (mathematics) A spiral that increases in distance from the point of origin at a constant rate.
    Synonym: arithmetic spiral
    Hyponym: Fermat's spiral
    • 2010 November 16, Wikipedia contributors, “Pi (film)”, in English Wikipedia‎[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      Max flees and tries to visit Sol, only to find that he has died. Max searches his house and finds mathematical scribblings similar to his own. On a Go board, with its pieces arranged in an Archimedean spiral, Max finds a piece of paper with the 216-digit number.

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