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The Great Emch Closure Theorem and a combinatorial proof of Poncelet's Theorem
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The relations between the classical closure theorems (Poncelet's, Steiner's, Emch's, and the zigzag theorems) and some of their generalizations are discussed. It is known that Emch's Theorem is the most general of these, while the others follow as special cases. A generalization of Emch's Theorem to pencils of circles is proved, which (by analogy with the Great Poncelet Theorem) can be called the Great Emch Theorem. It is shown that the Great Emch and Great Poncelet Theorems are equivalent and can be derived one from the other using elementary geometry, and also that both hold in the Lobachevsky plane as well. A new closure theorem is also obtained, in which the construction of closure is slightly more involved: closure occurs on a variable circle which is tangent to a fixed pair of circles. In conclusion, a combinatorial proof of Poncelet's Theorem is given, which deduces the closure principle for an arbitrary number of steps from the principle for three steps using combinatorics and number theory. Bibliography: 20 titles.
Keywords: closure theorems, Great Poncelet Theorem, Emch's Theorem, pencil of circles, combinatorial proof. 
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E. A. Avksentyev. The Great Emch Closure Theorem and a combinatorial proof of Poncelet's Theorem. Sbornik. Mathematics, Tome 206 (2015) no. 11, pp. 1509-1523. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/SM_2015_206_11_a0/

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