Given the incircle and circumcircle of a bicentric polygon of sides, the centroid of the tangent points on the incircle
is a fixed point ,
known as the Weill point, independent of the particular
polygon.
More generally, the locus of the centroid of any number of the
points is a circle (Casey 1888).
See also
Bicentric Polygon,
Poncelet's
Porism,
Weill Point
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References
Casey, J. Quart. J. Pure Appl. Math. 5, 44, 1862.Casey, J. A
Sequel to the First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, Containing an Easy Introduction
to Modern Geometry with Numerous Examples, 5th ed., rev. enl. Dublin: Hodges,
Figgis, & Co., p. 164, 1888.M'Clelland, W. J. A
Treatise on the Geometry of the Circle and Some Extensions to Conic Sections by the
Method of Reciprocation, with Numerous Examples. London: Macmillan, p. 96,
1891.Weill. Liouville's J. (Ser. 3) 4, 270, 1878.Referenced
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