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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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A formula for the area of bicentric quadrilateral
Can you provide a proof for the claim given below? The following claim is inspired by Harcourt's theorem and can be seen as its generalization to quadrilaterals.
Claim. Given bicentric quadrilateral $...
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The centroid, the first and second Napoleon points and $X(930)$ lie on a circle
Can you provide an elementary proof for the claim given below?
Preliminary definitions:
$X(110)=$ focus of Kiepert parabola.
$X(137)=X(110)$ of orthic triangle .
$X(930)=$ anticomplement of $X(137)$ .
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Checking planar convexity of 4 points with Stewart's formula
Is the following conjecture correct?
Conjecture:
If $A,B,C,D$ are four points in general position in the euclidean plane, with
$a:=\|C-B\|,\ \ b:=\|C-A\|,\ \ c:=\|B-A\|$
$a':=\|D-A\|,\...
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How can construct three circles in a given triangle such that three internal tangent form an equilateral triangle
How can construct three circles in a given triangle such that three internal tangent form an equilateral triangle?
See also:
Malfatti circles
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Brother of Japanese theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals
I am looking for a proof of a like result as follows and Higher-dimensional generalizations?
Let $A, B, C, D$ be four point with lengths of $AB, BC, CD, DA$ are $a, b, c, d$ respectively. Let $F \in ...
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Which subsets of the plane are similar to all their affine images?
A parabola P in the plane has the nice property that the image of P under any affine transformation is similar to P itself.
Which other subsets of the plane have this property?
I wondered aloud about ...
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There is no general method to construct n-regular polygon such that the given n-polygon inscribed the n-regular polygon
Conjecture 1: With $n\ge 5$, given general n-polygon, there is no general method to construct n-regular polygon such that the given n-polygon inscribed the n-regular polygon (with one and only one ...
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How can construct the equilateral $A''B''C''$ such that area of $A''B''C''$ is biggest
Let $ABC$ be arbitrary triangle in a plane. Let $A'B'C'$ and $A''B''C''$ be two equilateral triangles such that $A \in B'C'$, $B \in C'A'$, $C \in A'B'$ and $A \in B''C''$, $B \in C''A''$, $C \in A''B'...
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An new equilateral triangle related to the Morley triangle
Morley equilateral triangle is the nice theorem in Eulidean Geometry. I found an equilateral triangle and a group circle related to the Morley triangle and angle trisectors:
Let $ABC$ be a triangle ...
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Does any real projective plane incidence theorem follow from axioms?
Is it known whether any projective geometry statement that holds true in the real projective plane (equivalently, can be deduced from Hilbert axioms) follows from the standard projective axiomatics?
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Distance between point inside a triangle and its vertices [closed]
How to determine the distance between an arbitrary point inside a triangle and its vertices if side lengths are given. Is there any correlation between these distances or their sum and the lengths of ...
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Yau's problem: Construct a triangle given a side, an angle, and an angle bisector
In Shing-Tung Yau's autobiography The Shape of a Life, he mentions a problem that he came up with as a teenager.
Suppose you know the length of one side of a triangle, one angle, and the length of ...
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Maximum possible number of similar three-colored triangles
I want to maximize the number of similar triangles with vertices from three fixed sets, one vertex from each set. For example, if you fix two points $X$, $Y$ (i.e. two sets with only one member), then ...
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What curve of positive curvature minimizes distance from the origin, given length and total curvature?
Let $\textit{F}$ be the family of $C^1$ curves in $\mathbb{R}^2$ of fixed length $\bar{l}$ and fixed tangent's turning angle $\bar{k}$.
What are the curves of positive curvature in $\textit{F}$ ...
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A new theorem in projective geometry
My question: I am looking for a proof of problem as following:
Introduction: When I research a theorem as following:
Theorem 1: Let $ABC$ be a triangle, let $(S)$ be a circumconic of $ABC$, let $P$...
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About the ratio of the areas of a convex pentagon and the inner pentagon made by the five diagonals
Question : Letting $S{^\prime}$ be the area of the inner pentagon made by the five diagonals of a convex pentagon whose area is $S$, then find the max of $\frac{S^\prime}{S}$.
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A generalization of the Sawayama-Thebault theorem
1. Introduction
The Sawayama-Thebault theorem is one of the best nice theorem in plane geometry. The theorem has a long history. It was published in AMM in 1938 the first solution appeared in 1973 ...
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$N$-$th$ closed chain of six circles
Since 2013, I found a very nice configuration: $N$-th closed chain of six circles. This is a generalization of theorem 1, problem 2 in here and theorem 2 in here and here (and is also generalization ...
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Are these points known? [closed]
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $P$ be a point on the plane, $PA$, $PB$, $PC$ meet $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $A'$, $B'$, $C'$ respectively.
From my construction by GeoGebra, I found two special points as ...
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Yiu's equilateral triangle-triplet points
In more than 2300 years since Euclid's Elements appear, there were only two equilateral triangles become famous: The Morely equilateral triangle and the Napoleon equilateral triangle. In more than ...
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Is the conjecture true for n-sphere $(n>2)$? [closed]
This is higher dimension conjecture of Problem 3845 in Crux Mathematicorum and Theorem 2 in here:
PS: This figure is very nice, this is also generalization of Brianchon’s theorem, The Pascal theorem, ...
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Coloring circles in plane
We assume that all the circles in the plane are each colored with one of two colors: red or blue.
My question 1. Does there always exist an equilateral triangle such that its circumcircle and its ...
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Coloring lines in plane
We assume that all the lines in the plane are each colored with one of two colors: red or blue. Given angle $\alpha.$
My question 1. Is there possible to get two lines with the same color and angle ...
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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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Even Isometries in neutral Geometry
Consider a Hilbert plane as in Hartshorne's 'Euclid and beyond' (axiomatic geometry), and its group of isometries f or 'rigid motion' generated by line reflections. Call f 'even' if it is the product ...
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Reorienting a ladder among $\mathbb{Z}^2$ poles
Imagine an object, which I'll call a ladder $\cal{L}$, a "racetrack" shape
composed of a rectangle of length $L$ capped at either end by
semicircles of radius $r$; so it is $L+2r$ tip-to-tip.
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What is a geometric construction corresponding to elliptic curve addition for Sharygin-isosceles triangles?
NB: this is a cross-posting from from MSE after two months with no progress (despite a bounty). It's totally elementary but I think it's cute.
Consider the elliptic curve defined by the cubic:
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a^...
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Using mirrors to make a non-convex polygon visible from a fixed interior point
Take a point $A$ inside a non-convex polygon $P$. Is it always possible to place a finite set of mirrors given by straight segments (not necessarily along the boundary of $P$, any position inside $P$ ...
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Polygons uniquely inducing arrangements
A beautiful, relatively recent result is that,
Every simple arrangement $\cal{A}$ of $n$ lines in the plane is induced by a simple $n$-gon $P$.
In a simple arrangement, every pair of lines intersect ...
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Interpolating points with minimum curvature constraint
I have $n$ points $p_i$ strictly interior to a rectangle $R$,
and I would like to connect them with a curve $C$ whose curvature is as low as possible.
Let $\kappa_\max(C)$ be the sharpest (largest ...
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An inequality on cyclic polygon defined by Newton's identities
Let $n$-regular polygon $X_1X_2\cdots X_n$ with the circumcribed circle $(O)$. Let $n$ points $A_1, A_2,\cdots,A_n$ lie on the circle $(O)$. Let $x_{ij}=X_iX_j$ (for $1 \le i<j \le n) $. Let $a_{ij}...
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A generalization of the Tucker circle theorem and the Thomsen theorem associated with a conic
I gave a generalization of the Tucker circle theorem and the Thomsen theorem at here. Now, I give a more generalization of these theorems as following:
Problem: Let $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6$ be a hexagon, ...
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A conjecture on six planes [closed]
When I read Cox's Theorem, and Clifford's Circle Theorem and Miquel six circles theorem, I found the conjecture as folowing. And I checked the conjecture by the Geogebra sofware, the conjecture is ...
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Closed curve whose neighborhood is as large as possible
Let $C$ be a closed curve in the plane and let $N_\epsilon(C)$ be an $\epsilon$-neighborhood of $C$, like this:
(ignore the fact that the "curve" is polygonal in this picture, I drew it in MATLAB)
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Definition of area
I am looking for an attractive, but rigorous definition of area;
say in Euclidean plane. Probably there is no short definition. It is OK to make it even longer, but can it be built from useful parts ...
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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 ...
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Ricocheting pinball-like shot: Complexity?
Suppose one has $n$ perfect two-sided mirror segments in the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$.
The segments are open, excluding their endpoints.
They are disjoint as closed segments, i.e., no pair shares an ...
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Projecting a convex partition onto a convex set
Say that $X$ and $Y$ are two convex regions in the plane, and suppose that $X \subset Y$. Further suppose that $Y$ is partitioned into disjoint convex subsets $Y_1 ,\dots, Y_n$. Is there a way of ...
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Elementary problem about triangles inside a convex polygon
Let P be a convex polygon with area A(P), and to each side of P, attach the largest area triangle possible that lies entirely within P. Must the sum S(P) of the areas of these triangles always satisfy ...
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Geometric realization of an abstract triangulation of the plane
Can every abstract simplicial complex whose geometric realization is homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^2$ be realized by a rectilinear triangulation of the Euclidean plane? Alternatively put, can a curvy (...
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Inside-out polygonal dissections
A dissection of a polygon $P$
is a partition of $P$ into a finite number of pieces, which can then be rearranged
(via planar translations and rotations) and joined (without overlap) to form a new ...
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Are angles between points enough to decide the realizability?
Let n points in the plane be given whose coordinates we don't know.
Assume, however, that for any triple of the points we know the angle.
Question: Can we decide whether the n points are realizable ...
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Hexagon Formed by connecting Trisections of triangle sides [closed]
Is there a theorem for the area of the hexagon formed by connecting the points formed when the sides of a triangle are trisected? It appears that the ratio of the area of the triangle to the area of ...
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spiral of Theodorus
A long time ago when I was in college I read about making a spiral out of right triangles with sides 1 and $\sqrt{N}$. (A google search seems to indicate that this is called the Spiral of Theodorus.)
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Quadrilateral from 4 random points
Given 4 random points in 2D, how do I compute the area of the quadrilateral formed by the points?
I'm aware of formulae giving the area when I know the sides a,b,c,d and the diagonals p & q.
But ...
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Points contained in a disk [closed]
I have a question, but not sure how to prove this.
We are given $n$ points in the Euclidean plane such that there exists no disk of radius $a$ which contains all of the points.
Conjecture: There ...
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Is the perimeter of an ellipse with integer axes irrational?
Let $Q$ be an ellipse with integer-length axes $a$ and $b$:
$$ \frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1 \;.$$
The perimeter of $Q$ is given by the complete elliptic integral of the 2nd kind, $E(\;)$:
$4 ...
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Tetrahedron insphere iteration
I know that iterating the following incircle construction approaches an equilateral triangle in the limit:
Starting with any triangle $T$, one forms $T'$ by connecting ...
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Soddy-type relation for Steiner chains
For Steiner $n$-chains of circles of radii $r_1,\dots,r_n$ tangent to an inner circle of radius $r_-$ and an outer circle of radius $r_+$, is there a Soddy-type relation between the $n+2$ quantities $...
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