Two circles and only a straightedge

DOI10.1090/PROC/14240MaRDI QIDQ4555809zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Arseniy Akopyan, R. Fedorov

Publication date 23 November 2018

Published in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02562

zbMATH Keywords

Poncelet-Steiner theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05) Planar arrangements of lines and pseudolines (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C30) Elliptic curves (14H52) Elementary problems in hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (51M09) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Elementary questions in algebraic geometry (14A25)

Abstract: We answer a question of David Hilbert: given two circles it is not possible in general to construct their centers using only a straightedge. On the other hand, we give infinitely many families of pairs of circles for which such construction is possible.

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