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Paralogic Triangles


ParalogicTriangle

At the points where a line X cuts the sides of a triangle DeltaA_1A_2A_3, draw three perpendiculars to the sides, one through each point of intersection. The resulting three lines intersect pairwise in three points that form a triangle DeltaB_1B_2B_3 known as the paralogic triangle of DeltaA_1A_2A_3. The paralogic and original triangles are similar triangles, and two triangles are also perspective triangles with the line X being the perspectrix.

ParalogicTriangleCircles

Amazingly, the circumcircles of DeltaA_1A_2A_3 and DeltaB_1B_2B_3 meet orthogonally in two points, with one point of intersection being their similitude center, and the other being their perspector (Johnson 1929, p. 258).


See also

Circumcircle, Orthogonal Circles, Perspector, Perspectrix, Similitude Center, Sondat's Theorem

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References

Johnson, R. A. Modern Geometry: An Elementary Treatise on the Geometry of the Triangle and the Circle. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 258-262, 1929.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Paralogic Triangles." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ParalogicTriangles.html

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