Cross-Corpus Geometric Concordance¶
Bidirectional mapping linking Claudius Ptolemy's propositions in Almagest Book I and Planisphaerium to sister repositories across the GEOMETOR canon and to executable symbolic modules in geometor.ptolemy.
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Geometric Proposition / Construction |
Companion GEOMETOR Canon |
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Almagest I.1 (Heiberg I, pp. 4–7) |
Tripartite division of theoretical philosophy (physics, mathematics, theology) |
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Almagest I.10a (Heiberg I, pp. 32–35) |
Single-circle construction of regular decagon ($s_{10} = R/\phi$) & pentagon ($s_5 = \sqrt{R^2 + s_{10}^2}$) |
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Almagest I.10b (Heiberg I, pp. 36–37) |
Ptolemy’s Theorem on cyclic quadrilaterals ($AC \cdot BD = AB \cdot CD + BC \cdot DA$) |
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Almagest I.10b (Heiberg I, pp. 38–42) |
Chord Difference, Half-Arc Lemma, Chord Sum, & Irreducibility of Angle Trisection |
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Almagest I.10b & VI.7 (Heiberg I, pp. 43–46, 513) |
Ptolemy’s Inequality Lemma ($\frac{\operatorname{crd}\alpha}{\operatorname{crd}\beta} < \frac{\alpha}{\beta}$), $\operatorname{crd}(1^\circ) \approx 1;2,50$, $\pi \approx 3;8,30 = \frac{377}{120}$ |
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Almagest I.13a (Heiberg I, pp. 68–70) |
Planar Menelaus Sector Lemma (kata synthesin & kata diairesin via $EH \parallel \Gamma\Delta$) |
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Almagest I.13b–I.14 (Heiberg I, pp. 70–78) |
3D Spherical Menelaus Theorem ($\Theta, K, \Lambda$ collinear) & Solar Declination Law |
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Planisphaerium §§1–3 (Heiberg II, pp. 227–232) |
Stereographic projection of equator, tropics, oblique ecliptic ($\angle mdt = 90^\circ$), & horizon |
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Planisphaerium §4 (Heiberg II, pp. 233–234) |
Circular inversion of opposite parallels ($r_{\text{Cap}} \cdot r_{\text{Can}} = R_{\text{eq}}^2$; $92;8,15 \times 39;4,19 \approx 60^2$) |
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