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    In mathematics, Pappus's hexagon theorem (attributed to Pappus of Alexandria) states that given one set of collinear points A , B , C , {\displaystyle...
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    cases when opposite sides are parallel. This theorem is a generalization of Pappus's (hexagon) theorem, which is the special case of a degenerate conic...
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  • Pappus's theorem may refer to: Pappus's area theorem Pappus's centroid theorem Pappus's hexagon theorem This disambiguation page lists mathematics articles...
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    known for his Synagoge (Συναγωγή) or Collection (c. 340), and for Pappus's hexagon theorem in projective geometry. Almost nothing is known about his life...
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    coordinate system must be a division ring (skewfield). Pappus's hexagon theorem states that, if a hexagon AbCaBc is drawn in such a way that vertices a, b and...
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  • sides of a hexagon lie on a line, then the six vertices of the hexagon lie on a conic, which may be degenerate as in Pappus's hexagon theorem. By Monge's...
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    of a hexagon lie on a line L, then the six vertices of the hexagon lie on a conic C; the conic may be degenerate, as in Pappus's hexagon theorem. The...
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  • tribe Mirini Pappus of Alexandria, Greek mathematician Pappus's hexagon theorem, often just called 'Pappus's theorem', a theorem named for Pappus of Alexandria...
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  • be defined over a (commutative) field. Equivalently Pappus's hexagon theorem and Desargues's theorem are supposed to be true. A large part of the results...
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    cubic passing through 8 of the points. A second application is Pappus's hexagon theorem, similar to the above, but the six points are on two lines instead...
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    plane Incidence Fundamental theorem of projective geometry Desargues' theorem Pappus's hexagon theorem Pascal's theorem Projective line over a ring Joseph...
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    lines CA' and C'A are parallel. (This is the affine version of Pappus's hexagon theorem). The full axiom system proposed has point, line, and line containing...
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    Brianchon's theorem its principal diagonals are concurrent (as in the above image). Concurrent lines arise in the dual of Pappus's hexagon theorem. For each...
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  • theorem of projective geometry Projective transformation Möbius transformation Cross-ratio Duality Homogeneous coordinates Pappus's hexagon theorem Incidence...
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    perspective in three ways. This is one of the equivalent forms of Pappus's (hexagon) theorem. When this happens, the nine associated points (six triangle vertices...
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  • theorem (Fourier transforms) Pandya theorem (nuclear physics) Pappus's area theorem (geometry) Pappus's centroid theorem (geometry) Pappus's hexagon theorem...
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    through each point. This configuration is named after Pappus of Alexandria. Pappus's hexagon theorem states that every two triples of collinear points ABC...
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    both mathematics with Jacobus Golius, who confronted him with Pappus's hexagon theorem, and astronomy with Martin Hortensius. In October 1630, he had...
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  • k-vector spaces. In these spaces, the Pappus hexagon theorem holds. Conversely, if the Pappus hexagon theorem is included in the axioms of a plane geometry...
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  • satisfies the intersection theorem if and only if the division ring D satisfies the rational identity. Pappus's hexagon theorem holds in a desarguesian projective...
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    with three parallel families, which has as its dual the hexagonal tiling, and the bisected hexagonal tiling is an infinite simplicial line arrangement with...
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  • similar application to open the gates to the city. Pappus's hexagon theorem Pappus's centroid theorem Ptolemy's world map — It included 8,000 locations...
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    with the three roots of the resolvent cubic. Pappus's hexagon theorem is the special case of Pascal's theorem, when a conic degenerates to two lines. In...
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  • field k. Axioms 4a and 4b are equivalent to Desargues' theorem. When Pappus's hexagon theorem holds in the affine geometry, k is commutative and hence...
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    Many classical theorems of algebraic geometry have counterparts in tropical geometry, including: Pappus's hexagon theorem. Bézout's theorem. The degree-genus...
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  • porismatibus, begins with the definitions for theorem, problem, datum, porism, and locus. Simon wrote that Pappus's definition is too general, and that he substituted...
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    be defined over a (commutative) field. Equivalently Pappus's hexagon theorem and Desargues's theorem are supposed to be true. A large part of the results...
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  • Pappus 1.   Pappus of Alexandria. 2.  The Pappus configuration is the configuration of 9 lines and 9 points that occurs in Pappus's hexagon theorem....
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    {\displaystyle \Gamma } per unit area is at least as large as for the hexagon tiling. The theorem applies even if the complement of Γ {\displaystyle \Gamma } has...
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    geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues' theorem is a consequence of Pappus's hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for...
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