Closed chains of conics carrying Poncelet triangles (Q2400118)

In the paper under review, the authors investigate chains of conics \(G_0, \ldots, G_{n-1}\) such that for every \(0\leq i\leq n-2\) there is a \textit{Poncelet triangle} \(\Delta_j\) with vertices on \(G_j\) whose sides are tangent to \(G_{j+1}\). In Section 4, they prove that each such chain can be closed by adding a suitable conic \(G_n\), that is there is a Poncelet triangle \(\Delta_{n-1}\) with vertices on \(G_{n-1}\) and sides tangent to \(G_n\), and \(G_n\) carries the vertices of a Poncelet triangle \(\Delta_n\) whose sides are tangent to \(G_0\). In the proof of such result, the following theorem, which returns on a Poncelet claim on when two conics can be considered as projective image of two circles, plays a special role. Theorem. Two conics are the projective image of two circles if and only if they (i) intersect in two points, (ii) have one 1st order contact, or are (iii) disjoint. In Section 5, the authors show that there are closed chains arbitrary length of conics \(G_0, \ldots, G_{n-1}\) carrying Poncelet triangles, such that the contact points of the Poncelet triangle \(\Delta_i\) (whose vertices are on \(G_i\)) are the vertices of the Poncelet triangle \(\Delta_{i+1}\) (having vertices on \(G_{i+1}\), with indices taken modulo \(n\)). Finally, in Section 6, chains of (conjugate) conics carrying Poncelet polygons are investigated.