A web of confocal parabolas in a grid of hexagons

DOI10.1007/S13366-022-00651-1zbMATH Open1528.51005arXiv2112.02157MaRDI QIDQ6174571FDOQ6174571

Authors: Peter J. C. Moses, Dan Reznik 

Publication date: 17 August 2023

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

Abstract: If one erects regular hexagons upon the sides of a triangle $T$, several surprising properties emerge, including: (i) the triangles which flank said hexagons have an isodynamic point common with $T$, (ii) the construction can be extended iteratively, forming an infinite grid of regular hexagons and flank triangles, (iii) a web of confocal parabolas with only three distinct foci interweaves the vertices of hexagons in the grid. Finally, (iv) said foci are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.02157

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zbMATH Keywords

Napoleon's theoremconfocal parabolasisodynamicregular hexagonsflank triangles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.) (68T20) Euclidean analytic geometry (51N20) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Questions of classical algebraic geometry (51N35) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

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