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A line-and-conic theorem having a visual correlate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

R.W.D. Nickalls*
Affiliation:
55 Newlands Avenue, Melton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE35PX

Extract

This article describes a new and general line-and-conic property, leading to a consideration of a ‘six-point’ circle and the related geometry of an interesting visual illusion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1986

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