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Equal areas of a circle gives nice art

Posted in Mathematics on 1 May 2008.
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CTK Insights has an interesting post Dividing circular area into equal parts using a pair of compasses and a ruler, complete with proof.

I applied the process given and divided my circle into 5 equal parts (the semi-circles have centres on the diameter of the large circle, and each semi-circle is a multiple of 1/5 of the large diameter).

Here it is, using squareCircleZ colors: :-)

dividing a circle into equal parts

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