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The Conway Circle Theorem

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Discovered by Princeton mathematician John Horton Conway: If the sides meeting at each vertex of a triangle are extended by the length of the opposite side, as shown, the six resulting endpoints will lie on a circle — and that circle is concentric with a circle inscribed in the triangle.

Also, pleasingly, Wikipedia has a list of things named after John Horton Conway.

August 15, 2021August 14, 2021 | Science & Math

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