Bezout-style configuration lemma for the projective Pascal theorem: for six points on an irreducible conic Q with the triangle of opposite sides configuration, there is a scalar t and a linear form L such that the cubic ABC - t(A'B'C') equals QL.
Pascal's theorem (projective form, Theorem 5.3, Lecture 5): for a hexagon inscribed in an irreducible conic, the three pairs of opposite sides meet in three collinear points.
If two factors of the cubic both vanish at x, then the cubic prs - t*(quv) vanishes at x.
If the product Q*L vanishes at x and Q does not, then L vanishes at x.
For a monic divisor g of f, we have f = g * (f /ₘ g).
A projective conic given by an irreducible monic polynomial of degree 2.
- poly : Polynomial k
- irred : Irreducible self.poly
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An inscribed hexagon in a conic: three "sides" and three "opposite sides", each a polynomial of degree ≤ 1, together with a scalar t making the cubic difference non-coprime to the conic.
- sideA : Polynomial k
- sideB : Polynomial k
- sideC : Polynomial k
- oppA : Polynomial k
- oppB : Polynomial k
- oppC : Polynomial k
- t : k
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The cubic associated to an inscribed hexagon: side_A·side_B·side_C - t·opp_A·opp_B·opp_C.
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The hexagon cubic has degree at most 3.
The conic divides the hexagon cubic, by the irreducibility / non-coprimality
condition in InscribedHexagon.
The Pascal line of a hexagon: the quotient of the hexagon cubic by the conic.
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The Pascal line has degree ≤ 1, confirming it is indeed a (projective) line.
Factorization: the hexagon cubic equals the conic times the Pascal line.
If a point lies on the hexagon cubic but not on the conic, then it lies on the Pascal line.
The intersection point of side A and its opposite lies on the Pascal line.
The intersection point of side B and its opposite lies on the Pascal line.
The intersection point of side C and its opposite lies on the Pascal line.
Pascal's theorem for conics in the curve formulation: the three opposite-side intersection points x_A, x_B, x_C all lie on the Pascal line, which is a line of degree ≤ 1.