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Rolling a Disk on a Curve
This Demonstration shows a disk rolling up and down a spline curve defined by locators. You can change the number and position of the locators.
Contributed by:
Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
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Rolling a Disk on a Curve
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RollingADiskOnACurve/
Contributed by:
Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
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