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A quadrilateral half-turn theorem

Algebraic Geometry 2025-03-31 v1

Abstract

If ABCABC is a given triangle in the plane, PP is any point not on the extended sides of ABCABC or its anticomplementary triangle, QQ is the complement of the isotomic conjugate of PP with respect to ABCABC, DEFDEF is the cevian triangle of PP, and D0D_0 and A0A_0 are the midpoints of segments BCBC and EFEF, respectively, a synthetic proof is given for the fact that the complete quadrilateral defined by the lines AP,AQ,D0Q,D0A0AP, AQ, D_0Q, D_0A_0 is perspective by a Euclidean half-turn to the similarly defined complete quadrilateral for the isotomic conjugate PP' of PP . This fact is used to define and prove the existence of a generalized circumcenter and generalized orthocenter for any such point PP.

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@article{arxiv.2503.22073,
  title  = {A quadrilateral half-turn theorem},
  author = {Igor Minevich and Patrick Morton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.22073},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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