Finding Center of Circle/Porism
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Porism to Finding Center of Circle
In the words of Euclid:
- From this it is manifest that, if in a circle a straight line cut a straight line into two equal parts and at right angles, the centre of the circle is on the cutting straight line.
(The Elements: Book $\text{III}$: Proposition $1$ : Porism)
Proof
See Perpendicular Bisector of Chord Passes Through Center, where the proof has been extracted from the proof given by Euclid.
Sources
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 2 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{III}$. Propositions