대한수학회논문집 (Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society)

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  • Pages.561-573
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  • 2023
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  • 1225-1763(pISSN)
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  • 2234-3024(eISSN)
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GENERALIZED VARIGNON'S AND MEDIAL TRIANGLE THEOREMS

  • 투고 : 2022.04.06
  • 심사 : 2022.07.28
  • 발행 : 2023.04.30
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In this paper, we extend the medial triangle theorem and Varignon's theorem to generic two-dimensional polygons and highlight the role played by diagonals in this process. One of the results is a synthetic definition of the concept of median for an n-sided polygon.

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