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A couple of weeks ago, I posted an #animation of a point on a circle generating a #cycloid.
If you turn the curve "upside down", you get the #BrachistochroneCurve. This curve provides the shortest travel time starting from one cusp to any other point on the curve for a ball rolling under uniform #gravity. It is always faster than the straight-line travel time.
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