Fox Talbot's Theorem

FoxTalbot:=proc() local q,L,i,a,b,c,j,M:

for i from 1 to 5 do   L[i]:=a[i]*x+b[i]*y+c[i]:   od:

for i from 1 to 5 do  
  q:=Quad (seq(L[j],j=1..i-1),seq(L[j],j=i+1..5)):   M[i]:= Le( MidPt(q[1],q[3])   ,   MidPt(q[2],q[4])):
od:

Concurrent(seq(M[i],i=1..5)):

end:

#Added July 31, 2006: Dick Tahta told us that this theorem is really due to Olry Terquem (1845)


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