CEVA'S THEOREM


Meaning of CEVA'S THEOREM in English

ˈchāvəz-, -ev- noun

Usage: usually capitalized C

Etymology: after Giovanni Ceva died ab 1734 Italian mathematician, its formulator

: a theorem in geometry: if three lines from a point O to the vertices A, B, and C of a triangle meet the opposite sides in A′, B′, and C′ respectively then AB′=BC′=CA′+AC′=BA′=CB′ = 0 and conversely if this relation holds the three lines AA′, BB′, CC′ meet in a point

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