Poncelet triangles: a theory for locus ellipticity

DOI10.1007/S13366-021-00620-0MaRDI QIDQ2170456zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Helman, Dominique Laurain, Dan Reznik, Ronaldo A. Garcia

Publication date 5 September 2022

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00715

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsetriangle centerPoncelet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.) (68T20) Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Questions of classical algebraic geometry (51N35) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

Abstract: We present a theory which predicts if the locus of a triangle center over certain Poncelet triangle families is a conic or not. We consider families interscribed in (i) the confocal pair and (ii) an outer ellipse and an inner concentric circular caustic. Previously, determining if a locus was a conic was done on a case-by-case basis. In the confocal case, we also derive conditions under which a locus degenerates to a segment or a circle. We show the locus' turning number is +/- 3, while predicting its monotonicity with respect to the motion of a vertex of the triangle family.

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