On Poncelet’s porism

Waldemar Cieślak; Elżbieta Szczygielska

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio A – Mathematica (2010)

  • Volume: 54, Issue: 2
  • ISSN: 0365-1029

Abstract

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We consider circular annuli with Poncelet’s porism property. We prove two identities which imply Chapple’s, Steiner’s and other formulas. All porisms can be expressed in the form in which elliptic functions are not used.

How to cite

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Waldemar Cieślak, and Elżbieta Szczygielska. "On Poncelet’s porism." Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio A – Mathematica 54.2 (2010): null. <http://eudml.org/doc/289821>.

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References

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  1. Bos, H. J . M., Kers, C., Dort, F. and Raven, D. W., Poncelet’s closure theorem, Expo. Math. 5 (1987) 289-364. 
  2. Cieślak, W., Szczygielska, E., Circuminscribed polygons in a plane annulus, Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sect. A 62 (2008), 49-53. 
  3. Kerawala, S. M., Poncelet porism in two circles, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 39 (1947), 85-105. 
  4. Weisstein, E. W., Poncelet’s Porism, From Math World - A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PonceletsPorism.html 

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