Efficiently Constructing Tangent Circles

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-22-2020

Publication Title

Mathematics Magazine

Volume

93

Issue

1

First page number:

27

Last page number:

32

Abstract

In this short note we present, by what we surmise is the most efficient method, a straight-edge and compass construction of four mutually tangent circles in a plane.

Keywords

51N20; 01A20

Disciplines

Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Language

English

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