PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Point symmetry

Dependencies: Parallelogram properties (opposite sides equal, diagonals bisect each other) (Parallelogram: diagonals bisect each other, F.01), Parallelogram tests (F.04, especially (d) Parallelogram: diagonals bisect each other ⇒ parallelogram).

Statement

Let OO be a fixed point. Central symmetry about OO (also called point symmetry) is the map of the plane to itself

σO:  P    P,O=midpoint(PP).\sigma_O:\;P\;\longmapsto\;P',\qquad O = \mathrm{midpoint}(PP').

Equivalently, σO\sigma_O is rotation by 180180^{\circ} about OO. Its geometric property is: for any two points AA and BB and their images A=σO(A)A' = \sigma_O(A), B=σO(B)B' = \sigma_O(B),

AB=AB,ABAB.|AB| = |A'B'|,\qquad AB \parallel A'B'.

Central symmetry: O is simultaneously the midpoint of the three corresponding segments AA', BB', CC'; \triangle ABC and \triangle A'B'C' are central-symmetric images of each other about O.

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