Steiner's porism

GPTKB entity

Statements (15)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo two non-concentric circles
two non-intersecting circles
gptkbp:category porism
gptkbp:concerns circles
tangent circles
chain of circles
gptkbp:describedYear 1826
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Steiner's porism
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jakob_Steiner
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Poncelet's_porism
gptkbp:sentence If there exists one chain of n circles each tangent to two given non-intersecting circles and to its neighbors, then there are infinitely many such chains.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jakob_Steiner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7