G.144 tangent-secant theorem — Code

III.36

If from a point outside a circle a secant and a tangent are drawn, the rectangle contained by the whole secant and its external segment equals the square on the tangent.

g1.py

A B C D F
"""Programmatic construction for Book III, Proposition 36 Case 1 (III.36 - g1)."""

        from __future__ import annotations

        from geometor.model import Model


        def construct_g1() -> Model:
            """Construct the figure 0080.g1 using geometor.model."""
            model = Model("III.36.g1")

            # Circle ABC with center F(84, -74), radius 58 (y-inverted)
            F = model.set_point(84.0, -74.0, ID="F")
            B = model.set_point(26.0, -74.0, classes=["given"], ID="B")
            D = model.set_point(26.0, -152.0, classes=["given"], ID="D")
            C = model.set_point(49.39, -120.54, ID="C")
            A = model.set_point(118.61, -27.46, ID="A")

            # Circle ABC
            model.construct_circle(F, B)

            # Segments
            model.set_segment(A, D)
            model.set_segment(A, C)
            model.set_segment(A, F)
            model.set_segment(F, C)
            model.set_segment(C, D)
            model.set_segment(F, D)
            model.set_segment(D, B)
            model.set_segment(F, B)

            # Sections
            model.set_section([D, C, A])
            model.set_section([D, C, F])
            model.set_section([C, F, A])
            model.set_section([D, F, A])

            # Polygon and angle
            model.set_polygon([F, B, D])
            model.set_wedge(B, F, F, D)

            return model


        if __name__ == "__main__":
            construct_g1()
        

g2.py

A B C D E F
"""Programmatic construction for Book III, Proposition 36 Case 2 (III.36 - g2)."""

        from __future__ import annotations

        from geometor.model import Model


        def construct_g2() -> Model:
            """Construct the figure 0080.g2 using geometor.model."""
            model = Model("III.36.g2")

            # Circle ABC with center E(138, -70), radius 54 (y-inverted)
            E = model.set_point(138.0, -70.0, ID="E")
            B = model.set_point(138.0, -124.0, classes=["given"], ID="B")
            D = model.set_point(24.0, -128.33, classes=["given"], ID="D")
            C = model.set_point(104.66, -112.47, ID="C")
            F = model.set_point(144.80, -104.58, ID="F")
            A = model.set_point(184.94, -96.69, ID="A")

            # Circle ABC
            model.construct_circle(E, B)

            # Segments
            model.set_segment(A, D)
            model.set_segment(A, C)
            model.set_segment(A, F)
            model.set_segment(F, C)
            model.set_segment(C, D)
            model.set_segment(F, D)
            model.set_segment(D, B)
            model.set_segment(E, B)
            model.set_segment(E, F)
            model.set_segment(E, C)
            model.set_segment(E, D)

            # Sections
            model.set_section([D, C, A])
            model.set_section([D, C, F])
            model.set_section([C, F, A])
            model.set_section([D, F, A])

            # Polygons
            model.set_polygon([E, B, D])
            model.set_polygon([E, F, C])
            model.set_polygon([E, F, D])

            # Angles
            model.set_wedge(B, E, E, D)
            model.set_wedge(F, E, E, C)

            return model


        if __name__ == "__main__":
            construct_g2()