Chromogeometry (Q968799)

The real projective plane is endowed with three distinct Cayley-Klein metrics: 1. The Euclidean metric (= blue) 2. The pseudo-Euclidean metric having the points at infinity of \(y=\pm x\) as absolute points (= red) 3. The pseudo-Euclidean metric having the points at infinity of \(x=0\) and \(y=0\) as absolute points (= green). Under chronogeometry the author understands the interaction of these three geometries. (Reviewer's remark: Also isotropic geometry should be included.) For the development of chronogeometry the laws of rational trigonometry are of great advantage; see [\textit{N. J. Wildberger}, Divine proportions. Rational trigonometry to universal geometry. Kingsford: Wild Egg (2005; Zbl 1192.00004)]. Distance and angle are avoided, their place is taken by rational functions called quadrance and spread. A typical theorem of chronogeometry says: For any points \(A_1\) and \(A_2\) let \(Q_b\), \(Q_r\), and \(Q_g\) be the blue, red, and green quadrance between \(A_1\) and \(A_2\), respectively, then \(Q_b^2=Q_r^2+Q_g^2\). Furthermore, the author computes altitudes, orthocenters, circumcenters, Euler lines, and Nine-point circles in chromogeometry. The article is accompanied by \(6\) colorful aesthetical figures.