Let
be a quadrilateral with perpendicular polygon diagonals. The midpoints
of the sides (
,
,
,
and
)
determine a parallelogram (the Varignon
parallelogram) with sides parallel to the polygon
diagonals. The eight-point circle passes through the four midpoints
and the four feet of the perpendiculars from the
opposite sides
,
,
, and
.
Eight-Point Circle Theorem
See also
Feuerbach's TheoremExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Brand, L. "The Eight-Point Circle and the Nine-Point Circle." Amer. Math. Monthly 51, 84-85, 1944.Honsberger, R. Mathematical Gems II. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., pp. 11-13, 1976.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Eight-Point Circle TheoremCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Eight-Point Circle Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Eight-PointCircleTheorem.html