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[http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/ProofOfPtolemysInequality.html A proof of Ptolemy's inequality.] | [http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/ProofOfPtolemysInequality.html A proof of Ptolemy's inequality.] |
Revision as of 13:39, 21 June 2006
Ptolemy's Inequality for a convex quadrilateral ABCD states that AB·CD + BC·DA ≥ AC·BD with equality if ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.