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Salmon Points


The 20 Cayley lines generated by a hexagon inscribed in a conic section pass four at a time though 15 points known as Salmon points (Wells 1991). There is a dual relationship between the 15 Salmon points and the 15 Plücker lines.


See also

Cayley Lines, Kirkman Points, Pascal Lines, Pascal's Theorem, Plücker Lines, Steiner Points

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References

Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry. London: Penguin, p. 172, 1991.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Salmon Points." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SalmonPoints.html

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