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The Tractrix and the Catenary

Author:
Julian Gilbey
This applet shows a catenary, with a vertical line from a point on the catenary to the -axis. A tangent is drawn to the catenary at , and the perpendicular from meets this tangent at . What is the locus of ? How is this related to the tractrix?

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