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Straight Line motion with rigid sets
If one is given a rigid triangle in the plane or space, we show that the only
motion possible, where each vertex of the triangle moves along a straight line,
is given by a hypocycloid line drawer in the plane, and a natural extension in
three-space. Each point lies on a circle which rolls around, without slipping,
inside a larger circle of twice its diameter
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