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Pappus Chain

An open, shrinking sequence of circles filling the lune of an arbelos.

Input

Fraction ("0.3"), ratio ("2:1"), or named constant (phi, pi, e, tau, sqrt2, silver, plastic). Either order of a ratio gives the same picture -- the bigger sub-circle always ends up on the right.

Outer circle
Arbelos hugging circle (touches all chain circles)
Arbelos chain circle (looks like the start of chain circles)
Chain circles