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What are Ceva's and Menelaus's theorems?

Charles Baker
June 19, 2014
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
MW 154

Title:  What are Ceva's and Menelaus's Theorems?

Speaker:  Charles Baker, The Ohio State University

Seminar Type:  What is... ?

Abstract:  In this talk, we will discuss Ceva's and Menelaus's Theorems (of triangular geometry), which discuss respectively when lines going through vertices of a triangle are concurrent (have a triple intersection), and the condition for points on the sides of a triangle to be collinear.

We will discuss the proofs, discuss some quick applications, and then (time permitting) will unify the theorems using projective geometry.

What are Ceva's and Menelaus's Theorems [pdf]

 

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