Algebraic Solution of a Problem in Geometry

Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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Joseph-Louis Lagrange: Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée

Chapter Chapter 17 in Spherical Geometry in the Eighteenth Century I, 2026, pp 371-375 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this memoir, Lagrange gives a solution to a problem of plane geometry that Euler calls the “Pappus problem” in his memoir Problematis cuiusdam Pappi Alexandrini constructio. The problem is to construct a triangle which is inscribed in a given circle and whose three sides are contained in three lines that are required to pass through three given points.

Keywords: Pappus problem; History of geometry; Joseph-Louis Lagrange; Mathematics in the eighteenth century; 01A50; 51-03; 53A05; 53A35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12466-1_17

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