An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective GeometryLehmer, Derrick Norman
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An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry
Lehmer, Derrick Norman
Geometry, Projective
*1*. Draw through a given point a line which shall pass through the
inaccessible point of intersection of two given lines. The following
construction may be made to depend upon Desargues’s theorem: Through the
given point _P_ draw any two rays cutting the two lines in the points
_AB’_ and _A’B_, _A_, _B_, lying on one of the given lines and _A’_, _B’_,
on the other. Join _AA’_ and _BB’_, and find their point of intersection
_S_. Through _S_ draw any other ray, cutting the given lines in _CC’_.
Join _BC’_ and _B’C_, and obtain their point of intersection _Q_. _PQ_ is
the desired line. Justify this construction.
*2.* To draw through a given point _P_ a line which shall meet two given
lines in points _A_ and _B_, equally distant from _P_. Justify the
following construction: Join _P_ to the point _S_ of intersection of the
two given lines. Construct the fourth harmonic of _PS_ with respect to the
two given lines. Draw through _P_ a line parallel to this line. This is
the required line.
*3.* Given a parallelogram in the same plane with a given segment _AC_,
to construct linearly the middle point of _AC_.
*4.* Given four harmonic lines, of which one pair are at right angles to
each other, show that the other pair make equal angles with them. This is
a theorem of which frequent use will be made.
*5.* Given the middle point of a line segment, to draw a line parallel to
the segment and passing through a given point.
*6.* A line is drawn cutting the sides of a triangle _ABC_ in the points
_A’_, _B’_, _C’_ the point _A’_ lying on the side _BC_, etc. The harmonic
conjugate of _A’_ with respect to _B_ and _C_ is then constructed and
called _A"_. Similarly, _B"_ and _C"_ are constructed. Show that _A"B"C"_
lie on a straight line. Find other sets of three points on a line in the
figure. Find also sets of three lines through a point.
CHAPTER III - COMBINATION OF TWO PROJECTIVELY RELATED FUNDAMENTAL FORMS
[Figure 9]
FIG. 9
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