Maxwell's theorem is the following statement about triangles in the plane. The theorem is named after the physicist

James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and ligh ...

(1831–1879), who proved it in his work on

reciprocal figures Reciprocal may refer to: In mathematics * Multiplicative inverse, in mathematics, the number 1/''x'', which multiplied by ''x'' gives the product 1, also known as a ''reciprocal'' * Reciprocal polynomial, a polynomial obtained from another pol ...

, which are of importance in

statics Statics is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the analysis of force and torque (also called moment) acting on physical systems that do not experience an acceleration (''a''=0), but rather, are in static equilibrium with ...

References

* Daniel Pedoe: ''Geometry: A Comprehensive Course''. Dover, 1970, pp. 35–36, 114–115 * Daniel Pedoe: "On (what should be) a Well-Known Theorem in Geometry." ''The American Mathematical Monthly'', Vol. 74, No. 7 (August – September, 1967), pp. 839–841
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*Dao Thanh Oai, Cao Mai Doai, Quang Trung, Kien Xuong, Thai Binh
"Generalizations of some famous classical Euclidean geometry theorems."
''International Journal of Computer Discovered Mathematics'', Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 13–20

External links

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