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Morley's Trisection Theorem: an Extension and its Relation to the Circles of Apollonius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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In Morley's trisection theorem there are three triads of parallel lines which by their intersection with each other form equilateral triangles. The three lines EF, E11F11, E22F22 (v. Taylor and Marr) form one of these triads, and the equations are:—

where

and β γ β1, γ1, etc., are similarly defined.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1913