Volume no :40, Issue no: 1, July

THE THEORY OF A CONVEX QUADRILATERAL AND A CIRCLE THAT FORMS "PASCAL POINTS"-THE PROPERTIES OF "PASCAL POINTS" ON THE SIDES OF A CONVEX QUADRILATERAL

Author's: David Fraivert
Pages: [1] - [34]
Received Date: May 8, 2016
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18642/jmsaa_7100121666

Abstract

Euclidean geometry is one of the oldest branches of mathematics – the properties of different shapes have been investigated for thousands of years. For this reason, many tend to believe that today it is almost impossible to discover new properties and new directions for research in Euclidean geometry.

In the present paper, we define the concepts of “Pascal points”, “a circle that forms Pascal points”, and “a circle coordinated with the Pascal points formed by it”, and we shall prove nine theorems that describe the properties of “Pascal points” on the sides of a convex quadrilateral.

These properties concern the following subjects:

● The ratios of the distances between the Pascal points formed on a pair of opposite sides by different circles.

● The ratios of the distances between the centers of the circles “that form Pascal points on the sides of the quadrilateral”, and the ratios of the distances between the Pascal points formed using these circles.

● Special types of circles “that form Pascal points on the sides of a quadrilateral”.

● The properties of Pascal points and the centers of the special circles defined.

Keywords

using the general Pascal’s theorem, complex numbers methods in plane geometry, the theory of a convex quadrilateral and a circle that forms Pascal points, Pascal points, a circle that forms Pascal points, a circle coordinated with the Pascal points formed by it, harmonic quadruplet, inversion transformation, pole and its polar relative to a circle, Thales’ theorem, circle of Appolonius.