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Pappus chain  

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  • In geometry, the Pappus chain is a ring of circles between two tangent circles investigated by Pappus of Alexandria in the 3rd century AD.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_chain)

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