Definition:Concurrent Lines
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Definition
A set of $3$ or more (straight) lines through a single point are concurrent.
Such lines are said to concur.
Also see
- Propositions of Incidence: Point: any $2$ non-parallel lines trivially pass through a single point, justifying the definition for a set of $3$ or more lines
- Results about concurrency can be found here.
Sources
- 1952: T. Ewan Faulkner: Projective Geometry (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Introduction: The Propositions of Incidence: $1.2$: The projective method: The propositions of incidence
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): concurrent
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): concurrent
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): concurrent