Circles

By:
Darshan Chaudhary,
Roll No-11,Class IX F
 History of the Circle
The circle has been known since
before the beginning of recorded
history. Some highlights
in the history of the circle are:
 1700 BC – The Rhind papyrus gives a
method to find the area of a circular field.
The result corresponds to 256/81 as an
approximate value of π.
 300 BC – Book 3 of Euclid's Elements
deals with the properties of circles.
 1880 – Lindemann proves that π is
transcendental, effectively settling the
millennia-old problem of squaring the circle Circles drawn in the past
 Introduction-What is a Circle and its
Radius?
 Circle:
A circle is a simple shape of
Euclidean Geometry consisting
of those points in a plane which
are the same distance from a
given point called the center.

 Radius:
Tycho crater, one of many
The common distance of the examples of circles that
arise in nature
points of a circle from its center
is called its radius.
 Chord, Diameter and Circumference

 Chord:
A chord of a circle is a line segment whose two endpoints
lie on the circle.
 Diameter
A diameter is a chord passing through
the center and is the largest chord in a
circle. The length of a diameter is twice
the length of the radius.
 Circumference
The circumference of a circle is the perimeter of the
circle
 Pi (π) and the area of the circle
 Pi or π is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its
diameter. It is a constant that takes the same numeric
value for all circles.
 The area enclosed by a circle is π multiplied
 by the radius squared:
 Equivalently, denoting diameter by d,

that is, approximately 79% of the

circumscribing square (whose side is of length d).
 The circle is the plane curve enclosing
 the maximum area for a given arc length.
 Some Properties of a Circle
 The circle is the shape with the largest area for a
given length of perimeter.
 A circle's circumference and radius are
proportional.
 The area enclosed and the square of its radius
are proportional.
 The circle centered at the origin with radius 1 is
called the unit circle.
 Inscribed Angle
An inscribed angle (examples are the blue and green
angles in the figure) is exactly half the corresponding
central angle (red). Hence, all inscribed
angles that subtend the same arc (pink)
are equal. Angles inscribed on the arc
(brown) are supplementary.
In particular, every inscribed angle
that subtends a diameter is a right
angle (since the central angle is
180 degrees).
 Circle And God
 Early science, particularly geometry and
astronomy/astrology, was connected to the
divine for most medieval scholars. The compass
in this 13th century manuscript is a symbol of
God's act of Creation, as many believed that
there was something intrinsically "divine" or
"perfect" that could be found in circles.
 In ancient Rome, circles were worshiped as they
were thought to be divine and holy.
 Bibliography
 I took the required information for reference
from the following websites/books:
 en.wikipedia.org
 www.math2.org
 The Mathematics of Circle
 Circles in the Divine
 Complete History of Circles