A Simple Proof of Poncelet's Theorem (on the Occasion of Its Bicentennial)

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.122.6.537zbMath1341.51017OpenAlexW2181687743MaRDI QIDQ3459971

Lorenz Halbeisen, Norbert Hungerbühler

Publication date: 11 January 2016

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.122.6.537

zbMATH Keywords

polygonconicPascal's theorempolartangent lineBrianchon's theoremCarnot's theoremgreat Poncelet's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05)

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