A contemporary inversive geometry solution of the three-circle problem of Steiner

2024/09/09 by Azizov, Azizkhon, Litvinov, Semyon
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.17153

Abstract

We present a concise self-contained inversive geometry solution of the three-circle problem of Steiner of constructing a circle that intersects each of the three given circles at one of the three given angles.

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