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Any tangent to the catenary

has the property

, where

is the tangent to the catenary at

, and

is the semicircle with center

and radius

Reference

[1] G. N. Berman, A Problem Book in Mathematical Analysis, Moscow, Russia: Mir Publishers, 1957 p. 69.

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Tangent to a Catenary