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Turning a circle inside out

Inversion in a circle swaps its inside and its outside: points near the center are sent far away, and far points come close. It turns circles through the center into straight lines, and it keeps the angles between curves.

Leo Torres · 8 November 2026 · 4 minute read

A circle, a point and its inverse across the circle, with two circles and their images.

Firsthand Math shows mathematics in figures you can move. Digestions take a recent result apart; notes are one idea and a figure to try it with.