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Apollonius' circle (Definition)

Apollonius' circle. The locus of a point moving so that the ratio of its distances from two fixed points is fixed, is a circle.


If two circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ are fixed with radii $r_1$ and $r_2$ then the circle of Apollonius of the two centers with ratio $r_1/r_2$ is the circle whose diameter is the segment that joins the two homothety centers of the circles.




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See Also: harmonic division

Keywords:  locus, homothety
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Cross-references: homothety centers, segment, diameter, centers, radii, circle, fixed, fixed points, distances, ratio, point, locus
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This is version 3 of Apollonius' circle, born on 2001-10-06, modified 2007-10-09.
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