# Szigety 2025: The Impact of Triangular-Toothed Gears on the Functionality of the Antikythera Mechanism

> Esteban Guillermo Szigety, Gustavo Francisco Arenas, 2025. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The functioning question.

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# The Impact of Triangular-Toothed Gears on the Functionality of the Antikythera Mechanism

Esteban Guillermo Szigety, Gustavo Francisco Arenas, 2025. _arXiv_.

Computational model of the gear train with triangular teeth and Edmunds's 2011 measured errors; jamming in 90 per cent of runs, usually before a third of a solar turn; concludes the device either never ran or the real errors were smaller than measured. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, April 2025.

**Antikythera Mechanism** Preprintdoi: **[10.2139/ssrn.5202300](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5202300)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The functioning question.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The mechanism as made would have jammed or lost engagement within a few months of operation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQA6652VN/the-mechanism-as-made-would-have-jammed-or-lost-engagement)

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[The mechanism was a display or teaching piece turned occasionally by hand, so intermittent sticking did not…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQAXM5HFH/the-mechanism-was-a-display-or-teaching-piece-turned)

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[The simulation's authors note that corrosion has deformed the gears their error measurements rest on, so the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQ9YC6ZTF/the-simulations-authors-note-that-corrosion-has-deformed-the)

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[With Edmunds's measured errors the simulated train jammed in 90 per cent of runs, typically before the solar…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQAE03H2D/with-edmundss-measured-errors-the-simulated-train-jammed-in)

Evidence

EVD

[Szigety and Arenas publish a simulation suggesting the gear train would jam](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/events/EVT0D3FQ4TA7A86/szigety-and-arenas-publish-a-simulation-suggesting-the-gear)

EVT

[The Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)

The mystery article

MYS

[Did the mechanism function as built?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/questions/QST0D3FQ59Y5GC6/did-the-mechanism-function-as-built)

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## Cite it

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Szigety, E. G., & Arenas, G. F. (2025). The Impact of Triangular-Toothed Gears on the Functionality of the Antikythera Mechanism. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5202300
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00327)

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