Casey's Theorem gives a condition, stated in terms of the lengths of common tangent lines between pairs of circles, for four circles to all be tangent to a single fifth circle or line. Named for John Casey, it generalizes Ptolemy's Theorem, which is recovered as the special case where each of the four circles shrinks to a point.
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Casey's theorem, also known as the generalized Ptolemy's theorem, is a theorem in Euclidean geometry named after the Irish mathematician John Casey.
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he generalized Ptolemy's theorem, is a theorem in Euclidean geometry named after the Irish mathematician John Casey.
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