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Polarit\'es d\'efinies par un triangle

Differential Geometry 2013-02-08 v1

Abstract

A polarity of a projective plane is a map, often assumed to be involutive, mapping a generic point to a generic line and reciprocally. The most classical polarity is the polarity with respect to a conic, but other exist: the harmonic polarity with respect to a triangle, the polarities with respect to high-degree algebraic curve, the polarities with respect to a convex set. In this article, we introduce a polarity with respect to a triangle motivated by a question on duality of projective frames. We show that the four polarities above apply to a triangle and in fact coincide. This result is an opportunity to review nice concepts of projective geometry, linear algebra and convex geometry.

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@article{arxiv.1302.1813,
  title  = {Polarit\'es d\'efinies par un triangle},
  author = {Benoît Kloeckner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1813},
  year   = {2013}
}

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