Proof: By Euclid
(related to Proposition: 3.05: Intersecting Circles have Different Centers)
- For, if possible, let $E$ be (the common center), and let $EC$ have been joined, and let $EFG$ have been drawn through (the two circles), at random.
- And since point $E$ is the center of the circle $ABC$, $EC$ is equal to $EF$.
- Again, since point $E$ is the center of the circle $CDG$, $EC$ is equal to $EG$.
- But $EC$ was also shown (to be) equal to $EF$.
- Thus, $EF$ is also equal to $EG$, the lesser to the greater.
- The very thing is impossible.
- Thus, point $E$ is not the (common) center of the circles $ABC$ and $CDG$.
- Thus, if two circles cut one another then they will not have the same center.
- (Which is) the very thing it was required to show.
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- Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"
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