On a Configuration with Circle-Conic Tangency and Sharygin Points

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Main Authors: Kim, Petr, Makoian, Georgii
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Published: 2025
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author Kim, Petr
Makoian, Georgii
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Makoian, Georgii
contents This work studies circle-geometry methods through their application to a main theorem about circles tangent twice to a conic. The authors investigate the Sharygin point -- a point lying in the pencil of two non-intersecting circles -- and explore its properties. These properties are applied to solve several olympiad problems, such as problems from MGO 2024 and the Croatian IMO selection. The paper also presents a simplified version of the main theorem and gives two different proofs: one using Sharygin points and another using Lobachevsky (hyperbolic) geometry. The article explores relation between Lorenz transformations of Minkowski space-time and a certain transformation of circles in hyperbolic geometry. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of combining classical planimetry with ideas of non-Euclidean geometry for solving difficult problems involving circle tangencies.
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spellingShingle On a Configuration with Circle-Conic Tangency and Sharygin Points
Kim, Petr
Makoian, Georgii
Metric Geometry
51M04, 51A20 (Primary), 51M10, 51N20, 51A05 (Secondary)
This work studies circle-geometry methods through their application to a main theorem about circles tangent twice to a conic. The authors investigate the Sharygin point -- a point lying in the pencil of two non-intersecting circles -- and explore its properties. These properties are applied to solve several olympiad problems, such as problems from MGO 2024 and the Croatian IMO selection. The paper also presents a simplified version of the main theorem and gives two different proofs: one using Sharygin points and another using Lobachevsky (hyperbolic) geometry. The article explores relation between Lorenz transformations of Minkowski space-time and a certain transformation of circles in hyperbolic geometry. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of combining classical planimetry with ideas of non-Euclidean geometry for solving difficult problems involving circle tangencies.
title On a Configuration with Circle-Conic Tangency and Sharygin Points
topic Metric Geometry
51M04, 51A20 (Primary), 51M10, 51N20, 51A05 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14508