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Mathematics

Curvature and Radius of Curvature

Quick fact

The curvature of a straight line is zero, while the curvature of a circle is the same everywhere: 1 divided by its radius.

Why this is interesting

You know how a circle bends evenly, but a straight line doesn't bend at all? What if we could measure how sharply any curve bends at a single point?