A history of Greek mathematics Vol.II from Aristarchus to Diophantus by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1921
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ON CONTACTS OR TANGENCIES 185<br />
given circles be a, b, c and their centres A, B, C. Let D, E, F<br />
be the external centres <strong>of</strong> similitude so that BD : DC— b : c, &c.<br />
Suppose the problem solved, and let P, Q, R be the points<br />
<strong>of</strong> contact. Let PQ produced meet the circles with centres<br />
A, B again in K, L. Then, <strong>by</strong> the proposition (1) above, the<br />
segments KGP, QHL are both similar <strong>to</strong> the segment PYQ<br />
;<br />
therefore they are similar <strong>to</strong> one another.<br />
It follows that PQ<br />
produced beyond L passes through F. Similarly QR, PR<br />
produced pass respectively through D, E.<br />
Let PE, QD meet the circle with centre C again in M, N.<br />
Then, the segments PQR, RNM being similar, the angles<br />
PQR, RNM are equal, and therefore MN is parallel <strong>to</strong> PQ.<br />
Produce NM <strong>to</strong> meet EF in V.<br />
Then<br />
EV:EF = EM: EP = EC:EA = c:a;<br />
therefore the point V is given.<br />
Accordingly the problem reduces itself <strong>to</strong> this :<br />
Given three<br />
points V, E, D in a straight line, it is required <strong>to</strong> draw DR, ER<br />
<strong>to</strong> a point R on the circle with centre C so that, if DR, ER meet<br />
the circle again in N, M, NM produced shall pass through V.<br />
This is the problem <strong>of</strong> Pappus just solved.<br />
Thus R is found, and DR, ER produced meet the circles<br />
with centres B and A in the other required points Q, P<br />
respectively.<br />
(e) Plane loci, two Books.<br />
Pappus gives a pretty full account <strong>of</strong> the contents <strong>of</strong> this<br />
work, which has sufficed <strong>to</strong> enable res<strong>to</strong>rations <strong>of</strong> it <strong>to</strong><br />
be made <strong>by</strong> three distinguished geometers, Fermat, van<br />
Schooten, and (most completely) <strong>by</strong> Robert Simson. Pappus<br />
prefaces his account <strong>by</strong> a classification <strong>of</strong> loci on two<br />
different plans. Under the first classification loci are <strong>of</strong> three<br />
kinds: (1) efeKTiKoi, holding-in or fixed; in this case the<br />
locus <strong>of</strong> a point is a point, <strong>of</strong> a line a line, and <strong>of</strong> a solid<br />
a solid,<br />
where presumably the line or solid can only move on<br />
itself so that it does not change its position: (2) Siego-<br />
Slkol, pasdng-along : this is the ordinary sense <strong>of</strong> a locus,<br />
where the locus <strong>of</strong> a point is a line, and <strong>of</strong> a line a solid:<br />
(3) dvao-Tpo(f)iKoi, moving backvjards and forwards, as it were,<br />
in which sense a plane may be the locus <strong>of</strong> a point and a solid<br />
186 AP0LL0N1US OF PERGA<br />
<strong>of</strong> a line. 1<br />
The second classification is the familiar division in<strong>to</strong><br />
'plane, solid, and linear loci, plane loci being straight lines<br />
and circles only, solid loci conic sections only, and linear loci<br />
those which are not straight lines nor circles nor any <strong>of</strong> the<br />
conic sections. The loci dealt with in our treatise are accordingly<br />
all straight lines or circles. The pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the propositions<br />
is <strong>of</strong> course enormously facilitated <strong>by</strong> the use <strong>of</strong><br />
Cartesian coordinates, and many <strong>of</strong> the loci are really the<br />
geometrical equivalent <strong>of</strong> fundamental theorems in analytical<br />
or algebraical geometry. Pappus begins with a composite<br />
enunciation, including a number <strong>of</strong> propositions, in these<br />
terms, which, though apparently confused, are not difficult<br />
<strong>to</strong> follow out:<br />
4ft<br />
If two straight lines be drawn, <strong>from</strong> one given point or <strong>from</strong><br />
1<br />
two, which are (a) in a straight line or (b) parallel or<br />
(c) include a given angle, and either (a) bear a given ratio <strong>to</strong><br />
one another or (/?) contain a given rectangle, then, if the locus<br />
<strong>of</strong> the extremity <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the lines is a plane locus given in<br />
position, the locus <strong>of</strong> the extremity <strong>of</strong> the other will also be a<br />
plane locus given in position, which will sometimes be <strong>of</strong> the<br />
same kind as the former, sometimes <strong>of</strong> the other kind, and<br />
will sometimes be similarly situated with reference <strong>to</strong> the<br />
straight line, and sometimes contrarily, according <strong>to</strong> the<br />
particular differences in the suppositions.' 2<br />
'<br />
(The words with reference <strong>to</strong> the straight line are obscure, but<br />
'<br />
the straight line is presumably some obvious straight line in<br />
each figure, e. g., when there are two given points, the straight<br />
line joining them.) After quoting three obvious loci added<br />
'<br />
<strong>by</strong> Charmandrus ', Pappus gives three loci which, though containing<br />
an unnecessary restriction in the third case, amount<br />
<strong>to</strong> the statement that any equation <strong>of</strong> the first degree between<br />
coordinates inclined at fixed angles <strong>to</strong> (a) two axes perpendicular<br />
or oblique, (h) <strong>to</strong> any number <strong>of</strong> axes, represents a<br />
straight line. The enunciations (5-7) are as follows. 3<br />
5. ' If, when a straight line is given in magnitude and is<br />
moved so as always <strong>to</strong> be parallel <strong>to</strong> a certain straight line<br />
given in position, one <strong>of</strong> the extremities (<strong>of</strong> the moving<br />
straight line), lies on a straight line given in position, the<br />
1<br />
Pappus, vii, pp. 660. 18-662. 5.<br />
3<br />
lb., pp. 664. 20-666. 6.<br />
2 16,'vii, pp. 662. 25-664. 7.