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Two Butterflies Theorem II: What is it about?
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This generalization of the Two Butterflies theorem has been suggested by Nathan Bowler who observed that the two butterflies need not live on the same circle as long as the circles intersect. A further generalization appears to remove this restriction.

Butterfly Theorem and Variants

  1. Butterfly theorem
  2. 2N-Wing Butterfly Theorem
  3. Better Butterfly Theorem
  4. The Lepidoptera of the Circles
  5. The Lepidoptera of the Quadrilateral
  6. The Lepidoptera of the Quadrilateral II
  7. Butterflies in Ellipse
  8. Butterflies in Hyperbola
  9. Butterflies in Quadrilaterals and Elsewhere
  10. Pinning Butterfly on Radical Axes
  11. Shearing Butterflies in Quadrilaterals
  12. Two Butterflies Theorem
  13. Two Butterflies Theorem II
  14. Two Butterflies Theorem III

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