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A dynamic proof of Thébault's theorem

Published inElemente der Mathematik, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 12-16
Publication date2010
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Thébault's theorem, discovered in 1938 (see [5]), has the remarkable property that it required three decades to obtain a first proof, which then took 24 pages of calculations. Subsequent shorter proofs, but not easy ones, were published mainly in Elemente der Mathematik ([4] and [6]) and in Dutch language. We refer to [1], [2], and [7] for complete accounts of all these and recent proofs. In this note we want to emphasize the role of a certain parabola which comes out of a dynamic machine, and which allows an easy understanding.

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OSTERMANN, Alexander, WANNER, Gerhard. A dynamic proof of Thébault’s theorem. In: Elemente der Mathematik, 2010, vol. 65, n° 1, p. 12–16. doi: 10.4171/EM/133
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