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Approximating Circles with Pixels
This Demonstration approximates a circle of given radius with pixels. By playing with the sampling rate
, you can make the circle more or less defined and choose the rate that best suits your purposes. A reading is taken at every
radians up to
.
Contributed by:
Jeremy Batterson
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Approximating Circles with Pixels
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ApproximatingCirclesWithPixels/
Contributed by:
Jeremy Batterson
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