Ptolemy's Theorem
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چکیده
This entry provides an analytic proof to Ptolemy’s Theorem using polar form transformation and trigonometric identities. In this formalization, we use ideas from John Harrison’s HOL Light formalization [1] and the proof sketch on the Wikipedia entry of Ptolemy’s Theorem [3]. This theorem is the 95th theorem of the Top 100 Theorems list [2].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archive of Formal Proofs
دوره 2016 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016