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catenary
The catenary goes to Wembley
Engineer Paul Shepherd explains the famous arch and drops some eggs.
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Maths in a minute: The catenary
Chains, arches and Wembley Stadium.
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Rolling parabolically
If you roll a parabola along a straight line then the shape its focus traces out as it goes is ... a catenary!
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