Four 9-Point Circles in a Quadrilateral
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A Mathematical Droodle
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Any quadrilateral ABCD defines four triangles: BCD, CDA, DAB, ABC. In each of the triangles one may consider associate remarkable points and lines. The above applet is specifically concerned with their 9-point circles of those triangles. Elsewhere we established the following result:
If the quadrilateral ABCD is cyclic, the four 9-point circles and the simsons of each of the points with respect to the triangle formed by the other three all meet in a point.
Presently, we present a generalization of this claim, by removing the requirement of cyclicity: for an arbitrary quadrilateral ABCD, the 9-point circles of triangles BCD, CDA, DAB, ABC and the pedal circles of the corresponding remaining point, are concurrent.
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The result is apparently due to M. T. Lemoine, although, both Euler and later Poncelet worked on this statement. A complete proof appears elsewhere. (See also [Coolidge, p. 123].)
References
- J. L. Coolidge, A Treatise On the Circle and the Sphere, AMS - Chelsea Publishing, 1971
Nine Point Circle
- Nine Point Circle: an Elementary Proof
- Feuerbach's Theorem
- Feuerbach's Theorem: a Proof
- Four 9-Point Circles in a Quadrilateral
- Four Triangles, One Circle
- Hart Circle
- Incidence in Feuerbach's Theorem
- Six Point Circle
- Nine Point Circle
- 6 to 9 Point Circle
- Six Concyclic Points II
- Bevan's Point and Theorem
- Another Property of the 9-Point Circle
- Concurrence of Ten Nine-Point Circles
- Garcia-Feuerbach Collinearity
- Nine Point Center in Square
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