La Hire's Theorem in Ellipse: What Is It About?
A Mathematical Droodle
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La Hire's Theorem in Ellipse
The applet suggests the following theorem:
Let there be two points A and B outside an ellipse. From points A and B draw tangents AC, AD, BE, BF to the ellipse. Then if B lies on CD, then A lies on EF.
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This is just another illustration of a theorem valid for all non-degenerate conics .
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