For any tangent pair of Ford circles corresponding to rational numbers r and s, the Ford circle tangent to both of them corresponds to the rational number which is the mediant of r and s.
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Mediant
//ˈmiːdi.ənt//
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Finnish
2 entries- mediantti noun (third tone)
- välittäjä noun (third tone)
Italian
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