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Proposition: 3.09: Condition for Point to be Center of Circle

(Proposition 9 from Book 3 of Euclid's “Elements”)

If some point is taken inside a circle, and more than two equal straight lines radiate from the point towards the (circumference of the) circle, then the point taken is the center of the circle.

• Let $ABC$ be a circle, and $D$ a point inside it, and let more than two equal straight lines, $DA$, $DB$, and $DC$, radiate from $D$ towards (the circumference of) circle $ABC$.
• I say that point $D$ is the center of circle $ABC$.

Modern Formulation

If a point $D$ can be connected with points on a circumference of a given circle such that more than two connecting segments have the same length, then $D$ must be the center of the circle.

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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1. Prime.mover and others: "Pr∞fWiki", https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, 2016