Kissing Circles: Jakob Steiner, part 1

Authors

  • Pavel Leischner Pedagogical Faculty, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice

Abstract

Article shows the Steiner's introduction of the power of a point with respect to a circle and his discovery of the line of equal powers for two circles. Also introduced the common power of the two circles with respect to their similarity centre and used it for a simple proof and generalization of the Pappus chain theorem.

Published

2017-01-01

How to Cite

Leischner, P. (2017). Kissing Circles: Jakob Steiner, part 1. MATHEMATICS–PHYSICS–INFORMATICS, 26(1), 6–13. Retrieved from https://mfi.upol.cz/index.php/mfi/article/view/306

Issue

Section

Mathematics