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PlaneGeometry (version 1.6.0)

inversionSwappingTwoCircles: Inversion swapping two circles

Description

Return the inversion which swaps two given circles.

Usage

inversionSwappingTwoCircles(circ1, circ2, positive = TRUE)

Value

An Inversion object, which maps circ1 to circ2

and circ2 to circ1, except in the case when circ1

and circ2 are congruent and tangent: in this case a Reflection

object is returned (a reflection is an inversion on a line).

Arguments

circ1, circ2

Circle objects

positive

logical, whether the sign of the desired inversion power must be positive or negative