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  2. Ptolemy's theorem - Wikipedia

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    Ptolemy's theorem is a relation among these lengths in a cyclic quadrilateral. = + In Euclidean geometry, Ptolemy's theorem is a relation between the four sides and two diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral (a quadrilateral whose vertices lie on a common circle).

  3. Varignon's theorem - Wikipedia

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    An arbitrary quadrilateral and its diagonals. Bases of similar triangles are parallel to the blue diagonal. Ditto for the red diagonal. The base pairs form a parallelogram with half the area of the quadrilateral, A q, as the sum of the areas of the four large triangles, A l is 2 A q (each of the two pairs reconstructs the quadrilateral) while that of the small triangles, A s is a quarter of A ...

  4. Newton's theorem (quadrilateral) - Wikipedia

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    Newton's theorem can easily be derived from Anne's theorem considering that in tangential quadrilaterals the combined lengths of opposite sides are equal (Pitot theorem: a + c = b + d). According to Anne's theorem, showing that the combined areas of opposite triangles PAD and PBC and the combined areas of triangles PAB and PCD are equal is ...

  5. Newton–Gauss line - Wikipedia

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    Labels used in proof concerning complete quadrilateral. It is a well-known theorem that the three midpoints of the diagonals of a complete quadrilateral are collinear. [2] There are several proofs of the result based on areas [2] or wedge products [3] or, as the following proof, on Menelaus's theorem, due to Hillyer and published in 1920. [4]

  6. Japanese theorem for cyclic polygons - Wikipedia

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    Another proof of the quadrilateral case is available due to Wilfred Reyes (2002). [3] In the proof, both the Japanese theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals and the quadrilateral case of the cyclic polygon theorem are proven as a consequence of Thébault's problem III.

  7. Ptolemy's inequality - Wikipedia

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    For four points in order around a circle, Ptolemy's inequality becomes an equality, known as Ptolemy's theorem: ¯ ¯ + ¯ ¯ = ¯ ¯. In the inversion-based proof of Ptolemy's inequality, transforming four co-circular points by an inversion centered at one of them causes the other three to become collinear, so the triangle equality for these three points (from which Ptolemy's inequality may ...

  8. Van Aubel's theorem - Wikipedia

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    Follow the quadrilateral vertices in the same sequential direction and construct each square on the left hand side of each side of the given quadrilateral. The segments joining the centers of the squares constructed externally (or internally) to the quadrilateral over two opposite sides have been referred to as Van Aubel segments.

  9. Happy ending problem - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the "happy ending problem" (so named by Paul ErdÅ‘s because it led to the marriage of George Szekeres and Esther Klein [1]) is the following statement: Theorem — any set of five points in the plane in general position [ 2 ] has a subset of four points that form the vertices of a convex quadrilateral .