Advanced Euclidean Geometry


Advanced Euclidean Geometry
by Alfred Posamentier
Pages count :268 pages
Size :18404 ko

Contents

CHAPTER 1 ELEMENTARY EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY REVISITED

  • Review of Basic Concepts of Geometry
  • Learning from Geometric Fallacies
  • Common Nomenclature

CHAPTER 2:CONCURRENCY OF LINES IN A TRIANGLE

  • Introduction
  • Ceva's Theorem
  • Applications of Ceva’s Theorem
  • The Gergonne Point

CHAPTER 3:COLLINEARITY OF POINTS

  • Duality
  • Menelaus s Theorem
  • Applications of Menelaus s Theorem
  • Desarguess Theorem
  • Pascal’s Theorem
  • Brianchon s Theorem
  • Pappus’s Theorem
  • The Simson Line
  • Radical Axes

CHAPTER 4:SOME SYMMETRIC POINTS IN A TRIANGLE

  • Introduction
  • Equiangular Point
  • A Property of Equilateral Triangles
  • A Minimum Distance Point

CHAPTER 5:MORE TRIANGLE PROPERTIES

  • Introduction
  • Angle Bisectors
  • Stewart’s Theorem
  • Miquel’s Theorem
  • Medians

CHAPTER 6:QUADRILATERALS

  • Centers of a Quadrilateral
  • Cyclic Quadrilaterals
  • Ptolemy s Theorem
  • Applications of Ptolemy’s Theorem

CHAPTER 7:EQUICIRCLES

  • Points of Tangency
  • Equiradii

CHAPTER 8:THE NINE-POINT CIRCLE

  • Introduction to the Nine-Point Circle
  • Altitudes
  • The Nine-Point Circle Revisited

CHAPTER 9:TRIANGLE CONSTRUCTIONS

  • Introduction
  • Selected Constructions

CHAPTER 10:CIRCLE CONSTRUCTIONS

  • Introduction
  • The Problem of Apollonius

CHAPTER 11:THE GOLDEN SECTION AND FIBONACCI NUMBERS

  • The Golden Ratio
  • Fibonacci Numbers
  • Lucas Numbers
  • Fibonacci Numbers and Lucas Numbers in Geometry
  • The Golden Rectangle Revisited
  • The Golden Triangle

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