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Does this result above six points follow have a name?

Does this result above six points follow have a name? Let $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$, $E$, $F$ be six points in the plane and $AB, CF, ED$ are concurrent and $BC, DA, FE$ are concurrent then $CD, EB, AF$ ...
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A necessary and sufficient condition for three diagonals of a hexagon to be concurrent

When talking about the condition for the three diagonals of a hexagon to be concurrent, we will think of Brianchon's theorem. Using software, I discovered a necessary and sufficient trigonometric ...
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Is this a new result about hexagon?

Let a hexagon $AB'CA'BC'$ let $AB' \cap A'B=C''$, $BC' \cap B'C = A''$, $CA' \cap C'A = B''$ then three conditions as follows equivalent: Three lines $AA', BB', CC'$ are concurrent (let the point of ...
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Another Butterfly theorem — Conway like circle

Have You seen these result as follows before? In Figure 1: $AA'=BB'=tAB$; $CC'=DD'=tCD$, where t is real number then $ABCD$ is a cyclic quadrilateral iff $A'B'C'D'$ is a cyclic quadrilateral. In the ...
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Term for "uncheckable constructions"

Is there a term for "uncheckable geometric constructions"? Say, Angle Trisection and Doubling the Cube are checkable; i.e., if the answer is given one can do finite Compass-and-straightedge ...
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Does this plane geometry theorem have a name (well-known)?

Consider three circles $(O_1)$, $(O_2)$, $(O_3)$. Denote the homothetic center of $\{$$(O_1)$, $(O_2)$$\}$ by $A$, the homothetic center of $\{$$(O_2)$, $(O_3)$$\}$ by $B$. Let $C$, $D$ be two points ...
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Does this geometry theorem have a name?

Start with a circle and draw two tangent circles inside. The (black) inner tangent lines to the smaller circles intersect the large circle. The (red) lines through these intersection points are ...
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Terminology for polygons

As you may know term "polygon" might mean few different things and its meaning has to guessed from context. By some reason I have to use few of these meaning in one place. So I converge to the ...