A new construction of Holditch theorem for homothetic motions in \(C_p\) (Q2244293)

The present paper is focused on the kinematics associated with a one-parameter planar homothetic motion in a generalized complex plane. Such a plane is a geometric representation of the generalized complex number system \(C_p = \{x + iy : x, y \in \mathbb{R},\,\, i^2 = p \in \mathbb{R}\}\), which contains complex \((p=-1)\), dual \((p=0)\), and hyperbolic \((p=+1)\) number systems, but also different planes for other values of \(p \in \mathbb{R}\). The Holditch theorem expresses the area of the trajectory drawn during the motion, that is typically a circle, an ellipse, a hyperbola, or some more complicated curve. Homothetic motions add complexity to the problem. The author claims that the present work offers the most general version of all the studies about the Holditch theorem done so far.