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Equidiagonal Quadrilateral


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An equidiagonal quadrilateral is a convex quadrilateral whose diagonals have equal lengths. Examples include isosceles trapezoids, rectangles, and squares (Josefsson 2014, p. 129).

A convex quadrilateral is equidiagonal iff its Varignon parallelogram is a rhombus, or equivalently iff its bimedians are perpendicular (Josefsson 2014, p. 131). Thus its area is

 K=mn,

where m and n are the lengths of the bimedians. If p is the common polygon diagonal length and theta is the angle between the diagonals, then

 K=1/2p^2sintheta.

An equidiagonal quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals is a midsquare quadrilateral.


See also

Bimedian, Midsquare Quadrilateral, Orthodiagonal Quadrangle, Polygon Diagonal, Quadrilateral, Rhombus, Varignon Parallelogram

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References

Josefsson, M. "Properties of Equidiagonal Quadrilaterals." Forum Geom. 14, 129-144, 2014. https://dynamicmathematicslearning.com/FG201412-josefsson-equidiagonal-quad.pdf.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Equidiagonal Quadrilateral." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EquidiagonalQuadrilateral.html

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