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Title: Krátký příběh o obecném tvaru Pythagorovy věty (Czech)
Title: A short story on the general form of Pythagoras Theorem (English)
Author: Dlab, Vlastimil
Language: Czech
Journal: Rozhledy matematicko-fyzikální
ISSN: 0035-9343 (print)
Volume: 94
Issue: 4
Year: 2019
Pages: 8-15
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: This article presents the following simple property of a general triangle $ABC$: Let $D$ be an arbitrary point and $A_0$, $B_0$, $C_0$ the feet of the perpendiculars from $D$ on the (possibly extended) sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$, respectively. Then \[ |{AC}_0|^2 + |{BA}_0|^2 + |{CB}_0|^2 = |{C_0B}|^2 + |{A_0C}|^2 + |{B_0A}|^2. \] This statement is a proper generalization of the Pythagorean theorem. Surprisingly, it does not appear in textbooks or other publications. (English)
MSC: 51M04
MSC: 97G40
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Date available: 2020-02-20T12:27:31Z
Last updated: 2021-01-04
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/148012
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Reference: [1] Bečvář, J., Dlab, V.: Bohatství pýthagorejských tvrzení včetně Pythagorovy věty pro čtyři i více bodů v prostoru.Pokroky matematiky, fyziky a astronomie, 62 (2017), 4, 283–294.
Reference: [2] Dlab, V., Williams, K. S.: The many sides of the Pythagorean theorem.The College Mathematics Journal, 50 (2019), 3, 162–172. MR 3955325, 10.1080/07468342.2019.1580527
Reference: [3] Kuřina, F.: 10 pohledů na geometrii.ALBRA, Praha, 1996.
Reference: [4] Maor, E.: The Pythagorean Theorem.Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2007. MR 2316578
Reference: [5] van der Waerden, B.: Science awakening.Oxford University Press, New York, 1961. MR 0124984
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