A web of confocal parabolas in a grid of hexagons

DOI10.1007/S13366-022-00651-1MaRDI QIDQ6174571zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter J. C. Moses, Dan Reznik

Publication date 17 August 2023

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

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

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)

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.

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