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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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