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This article proves the following theorem, first enunciated by Roger Penrose about 70 years ago but never published: In $\mathbb{R}P^{2}$, if conics are assigned to seven of the vertices of a combinatorial cube such that (i) conics…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Russell Arnold , Albert Chern , Morten Eide , Charles Gunn , Thomas Neukirchner , Roger Penrose

One of the best things about geometry is that it's cool! Geometry enables us to create incredible designs and astounding patterns. This article shows how to use a simple technique (iteration) to create designs that are both cool and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Christopher Thron

Chasles' Quadrilateral Theorem is a classical statement about four tangents to a conic that simultaneously circumscribe a circle. In its various formulations, it relates the concurrence of certain lines to the existence of confocal conics…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Leah Wrenn Berman , Jürgen Richter-Gebert

We count the number of conics through two general points in complete intersections when this number is finite and give an application in terms of quasi-lines.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-15 Laurent Bonavero , Andreas Höring

Tensor diagrams are a handy way to depict complicated relationships between objects in projective geometry. One of the simpler ones takes two copies of a $3\times 3$ matrix and computes its adjugate. In this paper, we give a geometric…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-09 Bernhard Odin Werner

The paper gives a review of very recent results related to the Poncelet Theorem, on the occasion of its bicentennial. We are telling the story of one of the most beautiful theorems of Geometry, recalling for the general mathematical…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2013-03-26 Vladimir Dragovic , Milena Radnovic

Delaunay triangulations of a point set in the Euclidean plane are ubiquitous in a number of computational sciences, including computational geometry. Delaunay triangulations are not well defined as soon as 4 or more points are concyclic but…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-04-05 Vincent Despré , Olivier Devillers , Hugo Parlier , Jean-Marc Schlenker

The Six Circles Theorem of C. Evelyn, G. Money-Coutts, and J. Tyrrell concerns chains of circles inscribed into a triangle: the first circle is inscribed in the first angle, the second circle is inscribed in the second angle and tangent to…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-11 Dennis Ivanov , Serge Tabachnikov

In this paper a geometric characterization of the unique geodesics in Thompson's metric spaces is presented. This characterization is used to prove a variety of other geometric results. Firstly, it will be shown that there exists a unique…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-30 Bas Lemmens , Mark Roelands

It is well-known to be impossible to trisect an arbitrary angle and duplicate an arbitrary cube by a ruler and a compass. On the other hand, it is known from the ancient times that these constructions can be performed when it is allowed to…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2012-10-31 Seungjin Baek , Insong Choe , Yoonho Jung , Dongwook Lee , Junggyo Seo

There are four characteristic circles for each triangle on a plane. All for are tangential to the three straight lines containing the triangles' three sides. Three are exterior circles, the fourth is the in-circle. When the triangle is…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2008-03-26 Konstantine "Hermes" Zelator

If there exists a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides go through the given four collinear points, then there are infinitely many such quadrilaterals inscribed in the same circle. We give two proofs of this porism; one based on cross-ratios,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-11 Ivan Izmestiev

This work studies circle-geometry methods through their application to a main theorem about circles tangent twice to a conic. The authors investigate the Sharygin point -- a point lying in the pencil of two non-intersecting circles -- and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Petr Kim , Georgii Makoian

In this paper, we consider conic-line arrangements that arise from Poncelet's closure theorem. We study unramified double covers of the union of two conics, that are induced by a $2m$-sided Poncelet transverse. As an application, we show…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-21 Shinzo Bannai , Ryosuke Masuya , Taketo Shirane , Hiro-o Tokunaga , Emiko Yorisaki

Four points ordered in the positive order on the unit circle determine the vertices of a quadrilateral, which is considered either as a euclidean or as a hyperbolic quadrilateral depending on whether the lines connecting the vertices are…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Gendi Wang , Matti Vuorinen , Xiaohui Zhang

We present a geometric theorem on a porism about cyclic quadrilaterals, namely the existence of an infinite number of cyclic quadrilaterals through four fixed collinear points once one exists. Also, a technique of proving such properties…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-08 Jerzy Kocik

The goal of this paper is an analysis of the geometry of billiards in ellipses, based on properties of confocal central conics. The extended sides of the billiards meet at points which are located on confocal ellipses and hyperbolas. They…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-20 H. Stachel

We determine a positive real number (weight) which corresponds to the intersection point (vertex) of two non-overlapping geodesic arcs, which depends on the two weights which correspond to two points of these geodesicarcs, respectively, and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Anastasios Zachos

A projective rectangle is like a projective plane that has different lengths in two directions. We develop harmonic conjugation in projective rectangles. We construct projective rectangles in some harmonic matroids (matroids where harmonic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-17 Rigoberto Florez , Thomas Zaslavsky

Conics in the Euclidean space have been known for their geometrical beauty and also for their power to model several phenomena in real life. It usually happens that when thinking about the conics in a semi-Riemannian manifold, the equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-12-17 F. Aceff-Sanchez , L. Del Riego Senior