Poncelet's porism

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo pairs of conic sections
gptkbp:category porism
gptkbp:describes closed polygons inscribed in one conic and circumscribed about another
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Poncelet_closure_theorem
gptkb:Poncelet_grid_theorem
gptkbp:hasApplication dynamical systems
integrable systems
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poncelet's porism
gptkbp:influenced modern algebraic geometry
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jean-Victor_Poncelet
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Traité_des_propriétés_projectives_des_figures
gptkbp:relatedTo elliptic functions
billiard problem
conic sections
gptkbp:sentence If there exists one n-gon that is inscribed in one conic and circumscribed about another, then there are infinitely many such n-gons.
gptkbp:yearProposed 1813
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean-Victor_Poncelet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5