In mathematics, a Ford circle is a circle with centre at (p/q, 1/(2q 2)) and radius 1/(2q 2), where p/q is an irreducible fraction, i.e. p and q are coprime integers. Each Ford circle is tangent to the horizontal axis y = 0, and any two circles are either tangent or disjoint from each other.
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