Forgive the recent apparent obsession (I'd call it a fascination) with the #cycloid but I've just discovered something I'd not heard of before. It is also called a #TautochroneCurve or #Isochrone curve, which means that a particle starting from any location on the curve will get to the #MinimumPoint at precisely the same time as a particle starting at any other point.

Here's an #animation I wrote today in #Maxima which illustrates the property.

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