Varignon's theorem

Varignon's theorem

Varignon's theorem is a statement in Euclidean geometry that was first published by Pierre Varignon in 1731. It deals with the construction of particular parallelogram (Varignon parallelogram) from an arbitrary quadrangle.: "The midpoints of the sides of an arbitrary quadrangle form a parallelogram. If the quadrangle is convex or reentrant, i.e. not a crossing quadrangle, then the area of the parallelogram is half as big as the area of the quadrangle".

If one introduces the concept of oriented areas for n-gons, then the area equality above holds for crossed quadrangles as well. [Coxeter, H. S. M. and Greitzer, S. L. "Quadrangle; Varignon's theorem" §3.1 in Geometry Revisited. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., pp. 52-54, 1967.]

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*MathWorld|urlname=VarignonsTheorem|title= Varignon's theorem
* [http://www.vias.org/comp_geometry/geom_quad_varignon.html Varignon Parallelogram in Compendium Geometry]


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