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F.27 Harmonic Mean

If C and D are harmonic conjugates with respect to segment AB (so |AC|/|CB| = |AD|/|BD|), then the length |CD| is the harmonic mean of |BD| and |AD|: |CD| = 2 |BD| |AD| / (|BD| + |AD|) = r (gamma + 1/gamma).