WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Poncelet's Porism for Quadrilaterals

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Assume circle
A
contains circle
B
. If it is possible to inscribe a quadrilateral touching
A
with its vertices and
B
with its sides, then it is always possible to find a quadrilateral touching both circles and passing through any point of
A
outside
B
. Such quadrilaterals are called bicentric. For this Demonstration circle
A
(in tan) is fixed and the position of circle
B
(in brown) can be changed by dragging the red center (the radius of
B
is obtained through Fuss's formula). You can change the position of the red vertex of the quadrilateral.