Inversion of a circle
In the following sketch, the circle centered at C is inverted in
the circle centered at A. The image of P under this
inversion is P'. Move P around the circle, and see
how P' changes. Move C and D to change the circle
being inverted. What happens to the inverse circle as D gets
close to A? This is why we sometimes think of lines as circles
with infinite radius. Write a sketch which mimics this one.
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