Exhibits, Shows and Displays

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Summary: a rope or chain hanging loosely between two fixed points At first glance it looks like a parabola In fact it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine Hanging chain The Exploratorium in San Francisco exhibits a model of such a roadbed and a pair of square wheels joined by an axle to travel over it http www exploratorium edu xref

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