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    In projective geometry, Desargues's theorem, named after Girard Desargues, states: Two triangles are in perspective axially if and only if they are in...
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    projective geometry. Desargues' theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are named in his honour. Born in Lyon, Desargues came from a...
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    spaces; such embeddability is a consequence of a property known as Desargues' theorem, not shared by all projective planes. A projective plane is a rank...
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  • over a (commutative) field. Equivalently Pappus's hexagon theorem and Desargues's theorem are supposed to be true. A large part of the results remain...
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    Girard Desargues. The Desargues configuration can be constructed in two dimensions from the points and lines occurring in Desargues's theorem, in three...
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    over a (commutative) field. Equivalently Pappus's hexagon theorem and Desargues's theorem are supposed to be true. A large part of the results remain...
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  • satisfy Desargues' theorem (named after Girard Desargues), or in other words a plane that is not a Desarguesian plane. The theorem of Desargues is true...
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    mathematician Gerhard Hessenberg proved that Pappus's theorem implies Desargues's theorem. In general, Pappus's theorem holds for some projective plane if and only...
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    many interesting figures on parabolas and hyperbolas. Desargues's theorem Brianchon's theorem Unicursal hexagram Pascal 1640, translation Smith 1959...
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  • De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry) De Gua's theorem (geometry) Desargues's theorem (projective geometry) Descartes's theorem (plane geometry)...
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    three dimensions. Monge's theorem can also be proved by using Desargues' theorem. Another easy proof uses Menelaus' theorem, since the ratios can be calculated...
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    The Desargues graph has one vertex for each point, one vertex for each line, and one edge for every incident point-line pair. Desargues' theorem, named...
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  • geometric system. Desargues's study on conic sections drew the attention of 16-year-old Blaise Pascal and helped him formulate Pascal's theorem. The works of...
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    ABC\doublebarwedge abc} to indicate that triangles ABC and abc are perspective. Desargues' theorem states that a central couple of triangles is axial. The converse statement...
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  • treatment of the geometries here possible seem to me desirable. Desargues's theorem: If two triangles lie on a plane such that the lines connecting corresponding...
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    According to Kahn's Theorem, it is fulfilled by "ovoidal" Möbius planes only; thus, it is the analog for Möbius planes of Desargues' Theorem for projective...
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  • projective plane in which the little Desargues theorem holds. This theorem states that a restricted form of Desargues' theorem holds for every line in the plane...
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  • like a "5"). Anamorphosis Curvilinear perspective Cutaway drawing Desargues's theorem Filmmaking Optical illusion Perspective control Perspective (graphical)...
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    Brianchon's theorem Ceva's theorem Desargues's theorem Menelaus's theorem Pascal's theorem Poncelet's closure theorem Ptolemy's theorem Apollonian circles...
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  • have fixed points, so that the dual of A is A itself. For example, Desargues' theorem is self-dual in this sense under the standard duality in projective...
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    Desarguesian planes (those that are isomorphic with a PG(2, q)) satisfy Desargues's theorem and are projective planes over finite fields, but there are many...
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  • theorem is not necessarily true in all projective geometries; it is a property that some geometries satisfy but others don't. For example, Desargues'...
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  • spaces; such embeddability is a consequence of a property known as Desargues' theorem, not shared by all projective planes. In addition to its familiar...
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  • section Crystal Cuisenaire rods Desargues' theorem Right circular cone Hyperboloid Napkin ring problem Pappus's centroid theorem Paraboloid Polyhedron Defect...
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  • these are: Desargues' theorem ⇔ Converse of Desargues' theorem Pascal's theorem ⇔ Brianchon's theorem Menelaus' theorem ⇔ Ceva's theorem Not only statements...
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    geometry, the Moulton plane is an example of an affine plane in which Desargues's theorem does not hold. It is named after the American astronomer Forest Ray...
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  • triangulation de Longchamps point Desargues' theorem Droz-Farny line theorem Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers Equal incircles theorem Equal parallelians point...
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  • significant for projective planes due to the universal validity of Desargues' theorem in higher dimensions. In contrast, the analytic approach is to define...
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  • in spirit to classical configuration theorems in projective geometry such as Pascal's theorem, Desargues's theorem and others. The iterates of the pentagram...
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    over the reals as ordered geometry together with an affine form of Desargues's theorem and an axiom stating that in a plane there is at most one line through...
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