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Extensions and Implications of Simson’s Line

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

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1. Let ABC be a triangle, H its orthocentre, P a point on the circumcircle, and D, E, F the feet of the perpendiculars from P on BC, CA, AB respectively. Then it is known that D, E, F are on a straight line which bisects PH. Through P draw lines making the angle ½πα in the same sense with PD, PE, PF, PH to meet the sides in D′, E′, F′ and a line through H perpendicular to PH in H′. Then D′, E′, F′ are also on a line which bisects PH′. Call this line the Simson line (α) of P with respect to ABC

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Research Article
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1934

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