Ceva and Menelaus Theorems for Angle Bisectors: What are they here?
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Explanation

At each vertex of a triangle there is a couple of angle bisectors: a bisector of the interior angle and a bisector of the exterior angle. It's well known that the bisectors taken one for each vertex are concurrent provided none or two of the bisectors are external. This is a particular case of Ceva's theorem. In general, every angle bisector crosses the opposite side of the triangle (or its extension). It then follows from the Menelaus theorem, that every three such points are collinear provided none or two of the bisectors are internal.

References

1. R. Honsberger, Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry, MAA, 1995.

Menelaus and Ceva

• The Menelaus Theorem
• Menelaus Theorem: proofs ugly and elegant - A. Einstein's view
• Ceva's Theorem
• Ceva in Circumscribed Quadrilateral
• Ceva's Theorem: A Matter of Appreciation
• Ceva and Menelaus Meet on the Roads
• Menelaus From Ceva
• Menelaus and Ceva Theorems
• Ceva and Menelaus Theorems for Angle Bisectors
• Ceva's Theorem: Proof Without Words
• Cevian Nest
• Cevian Triangle
• An Application of Ceva's Theorem
• Trigonometric Form of Ceva's Theorem
• Two Proofs of Menelaus Theorem
• Simultaneous Generalization of the Theorems of Ceva and Menelaus
  • Theorems of Ceva and Menelaus, an Illustrated Generalization
  

  

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