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Hesse's theorem

Hesse's theorem

[′hes·əz ‚thir·əm]
(mathematics)
A theorem in projective geometry which states that, from the three pairs of lines containing the two pairs of opposite sides and the diagonals of a quadrilateral, if any two pairs are conjugate lines with respect to a given conic, then so is the third.
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