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Desargues’ involution theorem: from history to applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2023

Alexandru Gîrban
Alexandru Gîrban*
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Christ’s College, St. Andrew’s Street, Cambridge CB2 3BU e-mail: girbanalexandru14@gmail.com
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Desargues’ Involution Theorem is a powerful problem solving tool to anyone interested in projective geometry and its contemporary applications. To give a better understanding of this fundamental result, we present the history of the idea and we illustrate several direct applications.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 107 , Issue 568 , March 2023 , pp. 44 - 55
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© The Authors, 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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