Poncelet plectra: harmonious curves in cosine space

DOI10.1007/S13366-021-00596-XzbMATH Open1485.51021arXiv2104.13174OpenAlexW3203620923MaRDI QIDQ2118356FDOQ2118356

Authors: D. Jaud, Dan Reznik, Ronaldo A. Garcia 

Publication date: 22 March 2022

Published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It has been shown that the family of Poncelet N-gons in the confocal pair (elliptic billiard) conserves the sum of cosines of its internal angles. Curiously, this quantity is equal to the sum of cosines conserved by its affine image where the caustic is a circle. We show that furthermore, (i) when N=3, the cosine triples of both families sweep the same planar curve: an equilateral cubic resembling a plectrum (guitar pick). We also show that (ii) the family of triangles excentral to the confocal family conserves the same product of cosines as the one conserved by its affine image inscribed in a circle; and that (iii) cosine triples of both families sweep the same spherical curve. When the triple of log-cosines is considered, this curve becomes a planar, plectrum-shaped curve, rounder than the one swept by its parent confocal family.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13174

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zbMATH Keywords

Poncelet's porismclosureconservationinvariantcubic curvespherical curveelliptic billiardconfocal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

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