Eyeball theorem
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eyeball-theorem-229-373007
title:
Eyeball theorem
text:
The eyeball theorem is a statement in elementary geometry about a property of a pair of disjoined circles. More precisely it states the following:
- For two nonintersecting circles c P and c Q centered at P and Q the tangents from P onto c Q intersect c Q at C and D and the tangents from Q onto c P intersect c P at A and B. Then | A B | = | C D |. The eyeball theorem was discovered in 1960 by the Peruvian mathematician Antonio Gutierrez. However without the use of its current name it was alrea
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Statement in elementary geometry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyeball_theorem
date created:
2022-10-05T15:12:33Z
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2024-09-15T15:18:55Z
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