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Simson line — In geometry, given a triangle and a point on its circumcircle, the intersections formed when lines are constructed from the point perpendicular to each of the triangle s sides are collinear. The line through these points is the Simson line, named … Wikipedia
Simson (surname) — Simson is a surname, and may refer to* Gabi Simson, American model * Harold Fraser Simson, British composer * Ivan Simson, Brigadier * Martin Eduard von Simson, German jurist and politician * Robert Simson (1687 1768), mathematician and geometer… … Wikipedia
Simson (company) — For other uses, see Simson (disambiguation). Simson Co. (1856) Berlin Suhler Waffen und Fahrzeugwerke (1938) VEB Fahrzeug und Gerätewerk Simson Suhl (1952) VEB Fahrzeug und Jagdwaffenwerk Ernst Thälmann Suhl (1968) Former type manufacturing… … Wikipedia
Robert Simson — (14 October 1687 ndash; 1 October 1768) was a British mathematician and professor of mathematics.The eldest son of John Simson of Kirktonhall, West Kilbride in Ayrshire, Robert Simson was intended for the Church, but the bent of his mind was… … Wikipedia
Droite de Simson — Le point M du cercle circonscrit au triangle (ABC) se projette perpendiculairement sur les trois côtés (prolongés au besoin) en trois points U, V, W alignés. Dans un triangle ABC, soit M un point du plan et U, V et W les projetés orthogonaux de M … Wikipédia en Français
Michelle Simson — MP Member of the Canadian Parliament for Scarborough Southwest In office 2008–2011 Preceded by Tom Wappel Succeeded by … Wikipedia
Pedal triangle — In geometry, a pedal triangle is obtained by projecting a point onto the sides of a triangle.More specifically, consider a triangle ABC , and a point P that is not one of the vertices A, B, C . Drop perpendiculars from P to the three sides of the … Wikipedia
List of mathematics articles (S) — NOTOC S S duality S matrix S plane S transform S unit S.O.S. Mathematics SA subgroup Saccheri quadrilateral Sacks spiral Sacred geometry Saddle node bifurcation Saddle point Saddle surface Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics Safe prime Safe… … Wikipedia
William Wallace (mathematician) — William Wallace (September 23, 1768 in Dysart mdash;April 28, 1843 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician.He mainly worked in the field of geometry and in 1799 became the first to publish the concept of the Simson line, which erroneously was… … Wikipedia
List of triangle topics — This list of triangle topics includes things related to the geometric shape, either abstractly, as in idealizations studied by geometers, or in triangular arrays such as Pascal s triangle or triangular matrices, or concretely in physical space.… … Wikipedia
