The First Six Books of the Elements of EuclidEuclid
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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Euclid
Euclid's Elements; Mathematics, Greek
13. The rectangle contained by the perpendiculars from any point in a circle, on the diagonals of
an inscribed quadrilateral, is equal to the rectangle contained by the perpendiculars from the same
point on either pair of opposite sides.
14. The rectangle contained by the sides of a triangle is greater than the square on the
internal bisector of the vertical angle, by the rectangle contained by the segments of the
base.
15. If through A, one of the points of intersection of two circles, we draw any line
ABC, cutting the circles again in B and C, the tangents at B and C intersect at a given
angle.
16. If a chord of a given circle pass through a given point, the locus of the intersection of
tangents at its extremities is a right line.
17. The rectangle contained by the distances of the point where the internal bisector of the
vertical angle meets the base, and the point where the perpendicular from the vertex meets it
from the middle point of the base, is equal to the square on half the difference of the
sides.
18. State and prove the Proposition analogous to 17 for the external bisector of the vertical
angle.
19. The square on the external diagonal of a cyclic quadrilateral is equal to the sum of the
squares on the tangents from its extremities to the circumscribed circle.
20. If a variable circle touch a given circle and a given line, the chord of contact passes through
a given point.
21. If A, B, C be three points in the circumference of a circle, and D, E the middle points of
the arcs AB, AC; then if the line DE intersect the chords AB, AC in the points F, G, AF is equal
to AG.
22. Given two circles, O, O′; then if any secant cut O in the points B, C, and O′ in the points
B′, C′, and another secant cuts them in the points D, E; D′, E′ respectively; the four chords BD,
CE, B′D′, C′E′ form a cyclic quadrilateral.
23. If a cyclic quadrilateral be such that a circle can be inscribed in it, the lines joining the
points of contact are perpendicular to each other.
24. If through the point of intersection of the diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral the minimum
chord be drawn, that point will bisect the part of the chord between the opposite sides of the
quadrilateral.
25. Given the base of a triangle, the vertical angle, and either the internal or the external
bisector at the vertical angle; construct it.
26. If through the middle point A of a given arc BAC we draw any chord AD, cutting BC in E,
the rectangle AD.AE is constant.
27. The four circles circumscribing the four triangles formed by any four lines pass through a
common point.
28. If X, Y , Z be any three points on the three sides of a triangle ABC, the three circles about
the triangles Y AZ, ZBX, XCY pass through a common point.
29. If the position of the common point in the last question be given, the three angles of the
triangle XY Z are given, and conversely.
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