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  2. Bisection - Wikipedia

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    Line DE bisects line AB at D, line EF is a perpendicular bisector of segment AD at C, and line EF is the interior bisector of right angle AED. In geometry, bisection is the division of something into two equal or congruent parts (having the same shape and size). Usually it involves a bisecting line, also called a bisector.

  3. Voronoi diagram - Wikipedia

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    Voronoi diagram. In mathematics, a Voronoi diagram is a partition of a plane into regions close to each of a given set of objects. It can be classified also as a tessellation. In the simplest case, these objects are just finitely many points in the plane (called seeds, sites, or generators). For each seed there is a corresponding region, called ...

  4. Concurrent lines - Wikipedia

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    Concurrent lines. In geometry, lines in a plane or higher-dimensional space are concurrent if they intersect at a single point. The set of all lines through a point is called a pencil, and their common intersection is called the vertex of the pencil. In any affine space (including a Euclidean space) the set of lines parallel to a given line ...

  5. Straightedge and compass construction - Wikipedia

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    It can only be used to draw a line segment between two points, or to extend an existing line segment. The compass can have an arbitrarily large radius with no markings on it (unlike certain real-world compasses). Circles and circular arcs can be drawn starting from two given points: the centre and a point on the circle. The compass may or may ...

  6. Poncelet–Steiner theorem - Wikipedia

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    To draw the parallel (h) to a diameter g through any given point P. Chose auxiliary point C anywhere on the straight line through B and P outside of BP. (Steiner) In the branch of mathematics known as Euclidean geometry, the Poncelet–Steiner theorem is one of several results concerning compass and straightedge constructions having additional restrictions imposed on the traditional rules.

  7. Cevian - Wikipedia

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    Cevian. In geometry, a cevian is a line segment which joins a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side of the triangle. [1][2] Medians and angle bisectors are special cases of cevians. The name "cevian" comes from the Italian mathematician Giovanni Ceva, who proved a well-known theorem about cevians which also bears his name.

  8. Locus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Each curve in this example is a locus defined as the conchoid of the point P and the line l.In this example, P is 8 cm from l. In geometry, a locus (plural: loci) (Latin word for "place", "location") is a set of all points (commonly, a line, a line segment, a curve or a surface), whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions.

  9. Angle trisection - Wikipedia

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    Angle trisection is a classical problem of straightedge and compass construction of ancient Greek mathematics. It concerns construction of an angle equal to one third of a given arbitrary angle, using only two tools: an unmarked straightedge and a compass. In 1837, Pierre Wantzel proved that the problem, as stated, is impossible to solve for ...