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Is "Escherian metamorphosis" always possible?

$\DeclareMathOperator\int{int}\DeclareMathOperator\diam{diam}\DeclareMathOperator\area{area}\DeclareMathOperator\cl{cl}\DeclareMathOperator\ran{ran}\DeclareMathOperator\dom{dom}$This is a tweaked ...
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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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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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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: $$ a^...
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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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How many equilaterals have vertices intersections of angle trisectors of a triangle?

The celebrated Morley’s theorem ensures that the interior trisectors, proximal to sides respectively, meet at vertices of an equilateral. In the paper Trisectors like Bisectors with Equilaterals ...
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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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Arrangement of points, lines, and planes

Is it possible to construct a finite nontrivial arrangement of points, lines, and planes in 3-dimensional Euclidean space with the following properties? every line is incident with four points and ...
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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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Two triangles have the same centroid theorem

Let $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle A'B'C'$ be two triangles. The line through $A$ and perpendicular to $AA'$ meets the line through $B'$ and perpendicular to $BB'$ at $A_b$; The line through $A$ and ...
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Triangle centers formed a rectangle associated with a convex cyclic quadrilateral

Similarly Japanese theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals, Napoleon theorem, Thébault's theorem, I found a result as follows and I am looking for a proof that: Let $ABCD$ be a convex cyclic quadrilateral. ...
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A problem on configuration of Dao's theorem on six circumcenters

Abstract: In the figure belows: Three lines through center of pair opposite red circle are concurrent. This is a statement of Dao's theorem on six circumcenter, a new theorem in plane geometry which ...
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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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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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A generalization of the Archimedean circle

I proposed a generalization of the Archimedean circle : In this figure $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$, $DE$; $(G)$, $(H)$, $(M)$ are the semicircles. Then two yellow circles are congruent. Question: Is ...
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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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Four concyclic triangle centers

Can you prove the claim given below? Inspired by Lester's theorem I have formulated the following claim: Claim. Given any scalene triangle $\triangle ABC$ . Let $D$ be the reflection of incenter in ...
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Is the formula known? and can we generalized for higher dimensions?

In this configuration as follows, we have a nice formula: $$\cos(\varphi)=\frac{OF.OE+OB.OC}{OF.OB+OE.OC}$$ Is the formula known? and can we generalized for higher dimensions?
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Pseudo-Droz-Farny circles

I would like to present a construction of 2 circles. These 2 circles are somewhat similar in appearance to the well known Droz-Farny circles that can be drawn for every isogonal conjugate pairs of ...
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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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In how many ways is it possible to order the sides and diagonals according to their length for all n-gons?

If we'd do it for example for 4-gons, for quadrilaterals, we could start with all the possible quadrilaterals. We could say that the four vertices are a,b,c and d. And then we'd have 6 lines, I mean, ...
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Concurrencies determined by intersections of angle trisectors (and isogonal lines) in a triangle

The famous Morley’s theorem, states that in a triangle the interior angle trisectors, proximal to sides respectively, meet at the vertices of an equilateral. However the six trisectors meet at 12 ...
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