Solution of Sondow's problem: a synthetic proof of the tangency property of the parbelos

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.121.05.438zbMATH Open1310.51016DBLPjournals/tamm/Tsukerman14arXiv1210.5580OpenAlexW2962926859WikidataQ56058909 ScholiaQ56058909MaRDI QIDQ2928640FDOQ2928640

Authors: E. Tsukerman 

Publication date: 10 November 2014

Published in: American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a recent paper titled "The parbelos, a parabolic analog of the arbelos", Sondow asks for a synthetic proof to the tangency property of the parbelos. In this paper, we resolve this question by introducing a converse to Lambert's Theorem on the parabola and in the process prove some new properties of the parbelos.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5580

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zbMATH Keywords

focusdirectrixshoemaker's knifelatus rectumLambert's theoremSimson-Wallace theoremArchimedean arbelosparbelos

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

Cited In (3)

• Hypergeometry of the parbelos
• Characterisations of the parabola
• The \(f\)-belos

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