In search of `the Japanese theorem'

MaRDI QIDQ2482926zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Mangho Ahuja, Wataru Uegaki, Kayo Matsuhita

Publication date 29 April 2008

Published in Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

cyclic polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History and biography (01-XX) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99)

Review text

The so-called ``Japanese theorem, also called ``Chinese theorem and ``Maruyama's Theorem, states that the sum of the radii of the incircles of the triangles issuing from the triangulation of a cyclic polygon made by drawing lines from one of its vertex is independent of the vertex chosen. It is first found in articles published in [Mathesis (3) 5, 268--269 (1905)] and [Arch. Math. Phys. 9, No. 3, 308--310 (1905; JFM 36.0542.02)]. It is attributed (rather fancifully it would seem) to a certain Chinese mathematician which has never been identified precisely.

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