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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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Incenter-of-mass of a polygon

"Circumcenter of mass" is a natural generalization of circumcenter to non-cyclic polygons. CCM(P) can be defined as the weighted average of the circumcenters of the triangles in any ...
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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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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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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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Inscribing one regular polygon in another

Say that one polygon $P$ is inscribed in another one $Q$, if $P$ is contained entirely in (the interior and boundary of) $Q$ and every vertex of $P$ lies on an edge of $Q$. It's clear that a regular $...
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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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On the aperiodic monotile

One of the more mind-boggling aspects of the Penrose tiles is that there are uncountably many distinct tilings of the plane, but every tiling contains every finite region that appears in another ...
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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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Aperiodic monotile without reflections?

The recently discovered amazing aperiodic monotile (or "einstein") of David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss tiles the plane only if reflections of the ...
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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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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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Formula for "cointersection" of three circles?

I am working on the problem of finding "rational" dodecahedrons, and I have run across an interesting subproblem: How do you tell if three circles have a common intersection point? ...
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All saddles in the unit ball have area $<2\pi$?

Let $M$ be the saddle surface in $\mathbb R^3$ defined by $x^2-y^2+z=0$. For any $r\geq 0$ and $(x_0,y_0,z_0)\in\mathbb R^3$, let $rM+(x_0,y_0,z_0)$ denotes the surface obtained by scaling $M$ by $r$ ...
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Concyclic point made from Six arbitrary points

Let $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5$ be irregular convex Pentagon and Let $P$ be arbitrary point anywhere in Plane geometry. Let $X_1,X_2,X_3,X_4,X_5$ be Circumcircle of $\triangle PA1A3$; $\triangle PA2A4$; $\...
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How big can a triangle be, whose sides are the perpendiculars to the sides of a triangle from the vertices of its Morley triangle?

Given any triangle $\varDelta$, the perpendiculars from the vertices of its (primary) Morley triangle to their respective (nearest) side of $\varDelta$ intersect in a triangle $\varDelta'$, which is ...
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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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Are there infinitely many "generalized triangle vertices"?

Briefly, I'd like to know whether there are infinitely many "generalized triangle centers" which - like the orthocenter - are indistinguishable from a vertex of the original triangle. This ...
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Maximizing the area of a region involving triangles

I thought of a question while making up an exercise sheet for high school students, and posted it on MathStackExchange but did not receive an answer (the original post is here), so I thought perhaps ...
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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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Lemoine-Lozada circles

I made some rookie attempt to define the 4th Lemoine circle recently. The alternative name for this circle was suggested yesterday. Further investigation revealed a family of circles associated with ...
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Three circles meet at a point [closed]

I am looking for the proof of the following proposition: Proposition. Let $\triangle ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle with circumcenter $O$. Let $A',B',C'$ be a reflection points of the points $A,B,C$ ...
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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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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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Equal products of triangle areas

Can you prove the following claim: Claim. Given hexagon circumscribed about an ellipse. Let $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4,A_5,A_6$ be the vertices of the hexagon and let $B$ be the intersection point of its ...
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Cramer–Castillon problem like

Special case of Golden ratio as a property of conic section (is it known?) as follows: Let $ABC$ be arbitrary triangle and $DEF$ is the its tangential triangle. Let $CF$ meets $AB$ at $G$ and $BE$ ...
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Collinearity of three significant points of bicentric pentagon

Can you provide a proof for the following claim? Claim. Given bicentric pentagon. Consider the triangle whose sides are two diagonals drawn from the same vertex and side of pentagon opposite from ...
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Collinearity in bicentric polygons

Can you provide a proofs for the following two claims? Claim 1. The circumcenter, the incenter, and the intersection of the principal diagonals in a bicentric even-sided polygon are collinear. Claim ...
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Necessary and sufficient condition for tangential polygon to be cyclic

Can you prove or disprove the following claim? Claim. Let $A_1,A_2, \ldots ,A_n$ be the vertices of an $n$-sided tangential polygon and let $B_1,B_2, \ldots ,B_n$ be the contact points of the ...
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Point of concurrency [closed]

I am looking for the proof of the following claim: Claim: Let $\triangle ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle, $D$ its nine-point center and $E,F,G$ are the nine-point centers of the triangles $\triangle ...
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A generalization of Harcourt's theorem

This question is closely related to my previous question. Can you prove the claim given below? The following claim is a conjectured generalization of Harcourt's theorem. Claim. Let $A_1,A_2 \ldots ...
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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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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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A generalization of Napoleon's theorem

Can you provide a proof for the following proposition? Proposition. Given an arbitrary $\triangle ABC$. The $\triangle AEB$, $\triangle BFC$ and $\triangle CDA$ are constructed on the sides of the $...
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Six concyclic points

Can you provide a proof for the following proposition: Proposition. Let $\triangle ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle with excenters $J_A$,$J_B$ and $J_C$ . Let $G$ be the orthogonal projection of the $...
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Four concyclic points inside bicentric quadrilateral

Can you provide a proof for the following proposition: Proposition. Let quadrilateral $ABCD$ be inscribed into a circle with center $O$ and circumscribed around a circle with center $I$. Let $X$ be a ...
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Does this property characterize straight lines in the plane?

Take a plane curve $\gamma$ and a disk of fixed radius whose center moves along $\gamma$. Suppose that $\gamma$ always cuts the disk in two simply connected regions of equal area. Is it true that $\...
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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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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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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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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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Generalization of Tucker circle, Conway circle and van Lamoen circle

Theorem 9.1 in this paper as follows is a generalization of Turker circle. Turker circles is a generalization of many circles as: Cosine Circle, circum circle, First Lemoine Circle, Gallatly Circle, ...
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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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