An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
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_u_ and _uâ_ are in perspective position, and that lines through
corresponding points all pass through a point _M_, the center of perspectivity, the position of which will be determined by any two such lines. But the intersection of _a_ with _u_ and the intersection of _câ_ with _uâ_ are corresponding points on _u_ and _uâ_, and the line joining them is clearly _c_ itself. Similarly, _bâ_ joins two corresponding points on _u_ and _uâ_, and so the center _M_ of perspectivity of _u_ and _uâ_ is the intersection of _c_ and _bâ_. To find _dâ_ in _Sâ_ corresponding to a given line _d_ of _S_ we note the point _L_ where _d_ meets _u_. Join _L_ to _M_ and get the point _N_ where this line meets _uâ_. _L_ and _N_ are corresponding points on _u_ and _uâ_, and _dâ_ must therefore pass through _N_. The intersection _P_ of _d_ and _dâ_ is thus another point on the locus. In the same manner any number of other points may be obtained. *65.* The lines _u_ and _uâ_ might have been drawn in any direction through _A_ (avoiding, of course, the line _a_ for _u_ and the line _aâ_ for _uâ_), and the center of perspectivity _M_ would be easily obtainable; but the above construction furnishes a simple and instructive figure. An equally simple one is obtained by taking _aâ_ for _u_ and _a_ for _uâ_. *66. Lines joining four points of the locus to a fifth.* Suppose that the points _S_, _Sâ_, _B_, _C_, and _D_ are fixed, and that four points, _A_, _A__1_, _A__2_, and _A__3_, are taken on the locus at the intersection with it of any four harmonic rays through _B_. These four harmonic rays |
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