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Variants for Demonstrating Aristotle's Wheel Paradox

Authors: Viktor Strohm

This article discusses two variants for demonstrating Aristotle's Wheel Paradox, based on differing approaches to defining the "connection of the wheels" and the conditions of their rolling. In the first variant, the classic paradox is reformulated by changing the point of support for a rigid body. The second variant clarifies the concept of slippage of the smaller disk using a discrete "forcing mechanism."

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