A hyperbolic proof of Pascal's theorem

DOI10.1007/S00283-021-10074-WMaRDI QIDQ2153990zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Miguel Acosta, Jean-Marc Schlenker

Publication date 13 July 2022

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.14883

zbMATH Keywords

polaritiesPascal's mysticum hexagrammaticum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (51M09) Configuration theorems in linear incidence geometry (51A20) Desarguesian and Pappian geometries (51A30)

Abstract: We provide a simple proof of Pascal's Theorem on cyclic hexagons, as well as a generalization by M"obius, using hyperbolic geometry.

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