On the classification of convex quadrilaterals. Issue 547 (14th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Josefsson, Martin
• Is Part Of: Mathematical gazette. Volume 100:Issue 547(2016)
• Page Start: 68
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2016-03-14
• Subjects: Mathematics -- Periodicals; Mathématique; Mathematik; Mathematics; Periodicals; Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Zeitschrift; Online-Publikation; 510
• DOI: 10.1017/mag.2016.9
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-5572

Abstract

Abstract : We live in a golden age regarding the opportunities to explore Euclidean geometry. The access to dynamic geometry computer programs for everyone has made it very easy to study complex configurations in a way that has never been possible before. This is especially apparent in the study of triangle geometry, where the flow of new problems, properties, and papers is probably the highest it has ever been in the history of mathematics. Even though it has increased a bit in recent years, the interest in quadrilateral geometry is significantly lower. Why are triangles so much more popular than quadrilaterals? In fact, we think it would be more logical if the situation were reversed, since there are so many classes of quadrilaterals to explore. This is the primary reason we think that quadrilaterals are a lot more interesting to study than triangles.