Cross-Treatise Concordance¶
Unifying Euler (1765), Feuerbach (1822), Kimberling’s ETC, Euclid, Ceva, Menelaus, and Altshiller-Court
Because Leonhard Euler (1765/1767) and Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1822) wrote prior to modern standardized notation—and crucially reused letters such as \(G\), \(O\), and \(r\) with different meanings—this concordance maps every center, circle, invariant, and theorem across the historical editions and the GEOMETOR ecosystem.
Notation Rosetta Stone¶
Geometric Entity |
Euler (1765, E325) |
Feuerbach (1822) |
ETC / Modern |
Canonical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Incenter |
\(G\) (§ 4, § 8) |
\(S\) (§ 1) |
|
\((6,\, 4)\) |
Centroid |
\(F\) (§ 3, § 7) |
\(G\) (§ 60) |
|
\(\left(\frac{19}{3},\, 4\right)\) |
Circumcenter |
\(H\) (§ 5, § 9) |
\(K\) (§ 4, § 49) |
|
\(\left(7,\, \frac{33}{8}\right)\) |
Orthocenter |
\(E\) (§ 2, § 6) |
\(O\) (§ 19) |
|
\(\left(5,\, \frac{15}{4}\right)\) |
Nine-Point Center |
Midpoint of \(EH\) (§ 25) |
\(L\) (§ 54, 9. Satz) |
|
\(\left(6,\, \frac{63}{16}\right)\) |
Feuerbach Point |
— |
Inner tangency (§ 57) |
|
\((6,\, 8)\) |
Three Excenters |
— |
\(S', S'', S'''\) (§ 1) |
\(J_a, J_b, J_c\) |
\((21, 14),\; (-7, \frac{21}{2}),\; (8, -12)\) |
Excircle Tangencies |
— |
Outer tangencies (§ 57) |
\(Fe_a, Fe_b, Fe_c\) |
\((\frac{2709}{289}, \frac{1792}{289}),\; (\frac{553}{233}, \frac{1344}{233}),\; (\frac{1672}{257}, \frac{-24}{257})\) |
Symbol \(r\) |
Side product \(abc\) (§ 10)! |
Inradius \(\Delta / s\) (§ 2) |
\(abc\) vs. \(r\) |
\(r_{\text{Euler}} = 2730\) vs. \(r_{\text{inc}} = 4\) |
Triangle Area |
\(A\) (§ 6) |
\(\Delta\) (§ 2) |
\(\Delta\) |
\(84\) |
Circumradius / Nine-Point Radius |
\(\frac{r}{4A}\) (§ 20: \(R = 4R_{\text{circ}}^2\)) |
\(R\) and \(\frac{1}{2}R\) (§ 26) |
\(R,\; R_9 = \frac{1}{2}R\) |
\(R = \frac{65}{8},\; R_9 = \frac{65}{16}\) |
Orthic Inradius |
— |
\(\rho = 2R\cos\alpha\cos\beta\cos\gamma\) (§ 24) |
\(\rho\) |
\(\frac{99}{52}\) |
Theorem & Proposition Concordance¶
Theorem / Locus |
Euler (1765/1767) |
Feuerbach (1822) |
Sister Codices |
Symbolic Identity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cevian Concurrency of Classical Centers |
§§ 2–5 (Tab. II Fig. 1–4) |
§ 1, § 19, § 60, Anhang 1.–4. Satz |
|
\(\frac{AF}{FB}\frac{BD}{DC}\frac{CE}{EA} = 1\) |
Euler Line & Harmonic Cross-Ratio |
§§ 16–18 (\(EH = \frac{3}{2}EF\)) |
§§ 54–55, § 60 (\(GL = \frac{1}{6}KO\)) |
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\((X_4, X_2; X_5, X_3) = -1\) |
Euler’s Incenter–Circumcenter Theorem |
§ 15 & § 18 VI |
§ 49 (explicitly cites Euler 1765 & Fuß 1797) |
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\(Q(X_3, X_1) = R^2 - 2Rr\) |
Euler–Stewart Four-Center Law |
§ 18 (p. 114) |
§ 60 (p. 40) |
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\(4GH^2 + 2EG^2 = 3EF^2 + 6FG^2\) |
Inverse Cubic Reconstruction |
§§ 19–24, § 34 |
Vorrede (pp. V–XII) |
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\(z^3 - pz^2 + qz - r = 0\) |
Tritangent Radii Symmetry |
§ 8, § 10 |
§§ 2–5, § 28 (cites L’Huilier 1810) |
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\(r' + r'' + r''' - r = 4R\) |
Orthic Perimeter & Area Mean |
— |
§ 19 (cites Fagnano 1775), §§ 61–65, Anhang 5.–8. Satz |
|
\(\mu : \delta = \delta : \Delta\) |
Nine-Point Circle Locus |
— |
§§ 26, 54–56, Anhang 9. Satz (p. 62) |
|
\(LM = LN = LP = \frac{1}{2}R\) |
Feuerbach’s Fourfold Tangency Theorem |
— |
§ 57 (pp. 37–38, Tab. II Fig. 7) |
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\(LS = |\frac{1}{2}R - r|,\; LS^{(k)} = \frac{1}{2}R + r^{(k)}\) |