Circuminscribed polygons in a plane annulus

Waldemar Cieślak; Elżbieta Szczygielska

Annales UMCS, Mathematica (2008)

  • Volume: 62, Issue: 1, page 49-53
  • ISSN: 2083-7402

Abstract

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Each oval and a natural number n ≥ 3 generate an annulus which possesses the Poncelet's porism property. A necessary and sufficient condition of existence of circuminscribed n-gons in an annulus is given.

How to cite

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Waldemar Cieślak, and Elżbieta Szczygielska. "Circuminscribed polygons in a plane annulus." Annales UMCS, Mathematica 62.1 (2008): 49-53. <http://eudml.org/doc/268216>.

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