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Pascal-points quadrilaterals inscribed in a cyclic quadrilateral

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2019

David Fraivert
David Fraivert*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Shaanan College, P.O. Box 906, Haifa 26109, Israel e-mail: [email protected]
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This paper presents some new theorems about the Pascal points of a quadrilateral. We shall begin by explaining what these are.

Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral, with AC and BD intersecting at E and DA and CB intersecting at F. Let ω be a circle through E and F which meets CB internally at M and DA internally at N. Let CA meet ω again at L and let DB meet ω again at K. By using Pascal’s theorem for the crossed hexagons EKNFML and EKMFNL and which are circumscribed by ω, the following results can be proved [1]:–

  1. (a) NK, ML and AB are concurrent (at a point P internal to AB)

  2. (b) NL, KM and CD are concurrent (at a point Q internal to CD)

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 103 , Issue 557 , July 2019 , pp. 233 - 239
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© Mathematical Association 2019 

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