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Plane Geometry is about flat shapes like lines, circles and triangles , shapes that can be drawn on a piece of paper

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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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Proof AG = 2EF in an Isosceles Right Triangle [closed]

In an isosceles right triangle ABC with angle ACB = 90 degrees and angle CAB = angle ABC, let point G lie inside triangle ABC. In the isosceles right triangle CGE, where angle CGE = 90 degrees and CG =...
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Tiling with one of each shape

Q. Is there a tiling of the plane by one each of simple polygons of $n$ vertices: one triangle, one quadrilateral, one pentagon, $\ldots$ , one simple polygon of $n$ vertices, $\ldots$ ? Here a ...
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Homeomorphism and boundary of a complementary component

Let $X\subset \mathbb R^2$ be compact and connected. My question is whether homeomorphisms of $X$ preserve boundaries of complementary components. More precisely, let $h:X\to X$ be a homeomorphism. ...
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Lattice points in the boundary of a Minkowski sum of two convex lattice polygons

Let $P$ and $Q$ be two convex lattice polygons in $\mathbb{R}_+^2$ and let $P+Q$ be their Minkowski sum. Given a set $S \subset \mathbb{R}^2$, we let $L(S) =\#( S \bigcap \mathbb{Z}^2)$. The equality $...
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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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Rigid plane curves

A curve is a continuous one-to-one image of the real line $\mathbb R$. A space $X$ is rigid if the only homeomorphism of $X$ onto itself is the identity. Is there a rigid curve in the plane? I am ...
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Question on a vector inequality

Is it true that $$ \min\left( \begin{aligned} &\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{v}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{v}\|, \\ &\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{w}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{w}\|, \\ &\|\...
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A certain circle formed by perpendiculars

If six points are chosen, two points on each side of a triangle, such that they have the same ratio of distances to vertices, then the perpendicular lines through those points meet at six concyclic ...
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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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Twin circles in a quadrilateral

The circumcenters of the four triangles of a complete quadrilateral along with the two points of completion form two congruent circles (in black). Surely this must've been done before - what's the ...
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Coordinates of the centers of the insphere and circumsphere

Suppose we are working in $\mathbb{R}^3$ space and we have four non-coplanar and non-collinear points, $(x_a, y_a, z_a)$, $(x_b, y_b, z_b)$, $(x_c,y_c, z_c)$, and $(x_d, y_d, z_d)$. How does one ...
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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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Seeking Help with Classifying Polygons: Waterholes and Airpockets in 2D Space

I am currently in the process of writing software and have encountered a mathematical problem. Perhaps there are some experts here who are familiar with this. It involves the classification of ...
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Find the number of triangles in plane

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane in general position. Each 3 points of S span a triangle. Total number of triangles spanned by S: $$\binom{n}{3}=\frac{n(n-1)(n-2)}{6}=\frac{1}{6} n^3-O(n^2 )...
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Left and right halves of convex curve

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane in general position (no 3 on a line), $n$ even. A halving line is a line through $2$ points of $S$ that partitions $S$ into 2 equal parts ($(n-2)/2$ points ...
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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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A generalization of Barrow's inequality

More than seven years ago. I posted this problem in stackexchange: Let $ABC$ be a triangle, $P$ be arbitrary point inside of $ABC$. Let $A_1B_1C_1$ be the tangential traingle of $ABC$. Let $A'$, $B'$,...
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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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Divide angles by coefficients relate to Fibonacci sequence

In the left Figure, consider a right triangle $OPA$ with $\angle {AOP} = 90^\circ$. Let $\ell$ be the reflection of $PO$ in $PA$ and $\ell$ meets $OA$ at $A_1$. Let $O_1$ be the center of the circle $(...
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Convex planar regions with all area bisectors having equal length

Following A claim on the concurrency of area bisectors of planar convex regions, let me record a couple of simple queries. An area bisector (perimeter bisector) of a planar convex region is a chord ...
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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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Air-transmissive mirror (illumination problem for a wall)

I propose an alternative version to the illumination problem (where the mirrored walls surrounding a room prevent light from reaching some region). Here, our building area is an infinite straight band ...
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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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Does greedy circle packing exhaust the measure of every bounded open set in the plane?

The greedy circle packing of a bounded region in the plane is the result of placing at each stage the largest possible disk into the region that remains uncovered. The greedy circle packing of a ...
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Curiosity about "conditional trig identities"

Perhaps this should be cross-posted on Math Stackexchange, but it came up in the context of some research mathematics (quaternion orders, etc.) In this context, I have three angles $\alpha, \beta, \...
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Radical line of two ellipses

The equation of an ellipse with focal points $(a_1,b_1)$ and $(a_2,b_2)$ which passes through the point $(a_3,b_3)$ is given by the equation $$\begin{gathered} \sqrt{ (x-a_1)^2+(y-b_1)^2 } + \sqrt{ (x-...
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A rational distance problem with (possibly) multiple solutions

Background: It is not known if any point exists on the XY plane that is at rational distance from all 4 vertices of a unit square lying on the XY plane (https://mathworld.wolfram.com/...
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