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Theorems of Menelaus and Ceva

Theorems of Menelaus and Ceva. A Brief Introduction. Who where they?. Menelaus: was an ancient mathematician that lived from 70 BC to 140 BC. He lived in Ancient Alexandria and worked with proportions and astronomy. Not much else is know about him.

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Theorems of Menelaus and Ceva

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  1. Theorems of Menelaus and Ceva A Brief Introduction

  2. Who where they? Menelaus: was an ancient mathematician that lived from 70 BC to 140 BC. He lived in Ancient Alexandria and worked with proportions and astronomy. Not much else is know about him. TommasoCeva: lived from 1648 to 1737 and was a professor of mathematics at the Jesuit College of Brera in Milan. He published his book OpusculaMathematicawhich covered Geometry, Gravity and arithmetic.

  3. Notations • (ABC) is the Area of a triangle • Length of line AB=a • Altitude=hi • Median=mi

  4. Theorem of menelaus

  5. Proof

  6. Theorem of Ceva

  7. Proof

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