Two tangent circles from jigsawing quadrangle (Q2921085)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6349709
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    Two tangent circles from jigsawing quadrangle
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6349709

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      30 September 2014
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      tangent circles
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      jigsawing a quadrangle
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      Two tangent circles from jigsawing quadrangle (English)
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      Let \(ABC\) be an acute angled triangle. Van Lamoen has given the following construction: \(P\) and \(Q\) are a pair of isotomic points lying on \(BC\), the perpendicular to \(BC\) through \(P\) intersects \(AB\) at \(P'\), the perpendicular to \(BC\) through \(Q\) intersects \(AC\) at \(Q'\), if we rotate \(BPP'\) and \(CQQ'\) about \(P'\) and \(Q'\) so that \(P\) and \(Q\) overlap, then also \(B\) and \(C\) overlap at a point \(A'\). The quadrangle \(AP'A'Q'\) is cyclic.NEWLINENEWLINEIf \(S\) is the circumcenter of \(AP'A'Q'\) and \(T\) is the intersection of the tangents at \(B\) and \(C\) to the circumcircle of \(ABC\) this paper proves that the circumcircle of \(AP'A'Q'\) is tangent at \(A'\) to the circle of center \(T\) and radius \(TB=TC\).
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