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tangency point, point of tangency N

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An advantage of inversion is that it preserves tangency; if two spheres are tangent before the transformation, they remain so after. en.wikipedia.org

Draw a horizontal line through that point of tangency and find its intersection with the vertical line. en.wikipedia.org

A line joining tangency points of isoquants and isocosts (with input prices held constant) is called the expansion path. en.wikipedia.org

Hence, the points of tangency between the transformed circles lie on a line midway between the two parallel lines. en.wikipedia.org

Such a point of contact must be a tangency. en.wikipedia.org

The points having the minimum vertical separation are also the tangency points for the maximally separated parallel tangents. en.wikipedia.org

It is also known as the flow tangency condition, or no cross flow condition. en.wikipedia.org

The lines perpendicular to the tangents to a circle at the points of tangency are concurrent at the center. en.wikipedia.org

Their point of tangency is chosen as the center of inversion in a circle that intersects each of the two touching circles in two places. en.wikipedia.org

The point of tangency travels around the deltoid twice while each end travels around it once. en.wikipedia.org

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