Let AB, the diameter of a semicircle,
be divided at C so that \(\dfrac{AC}{CB}=r\).
If DE is the diameter of the circle inscribed in the
arbelos ACB, then \(\dfrac{DE}{AB}=\dfrac{r}{r^2+r+1}\).
"Arbelos" means shoemaker's knife in Greek.
Lemma 6 with Archimedes in the
background as shown in 1584 book by Andre Thevet
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