Inversion was introduced by Apollonious of Perga. Born around 262 BC, Apollonius studied under the successors of Euclid and introduced inversion in his last book, Plane Loci.
| We familiarize ourselves with inversion through three examples: |
| inversion of points, |
| inversion of circles, and |
| inversion of more general shapes. |
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