info prev up next book cdrom email home

Pappus's Harmonic Theorem

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{Pappus_Harmonic_Theorem.epsf}\end{center}\end{figure}

$AW$, $AB$, and $AY$ in the above figure are in a Harmonic Range.

See also Ceva's Theorem, Menelaus' Theorem


References

Coxeter, H. S. M. and Greitzer, S. L. Geometry Revisited. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., pp. 67-68, 1967.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26