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Wallace’s theorem and Miquel’s theorem in higher dimensions

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We present a simple proof for the generalizations of a result due to Wallace and a result due to Miquel to higher dimensions.

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  1. College of Education, Ryukyu University, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    Hiroshi Maehara & Norihide Tokushige

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  1. Hiroshi Maehara
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Correspondence to Hiroshi Maehara.

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The authors were supported by MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 16340027 and 20340022.

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Maehara, H., Tokushige, N. Wallace’s theorem and Miquel’s theorem in higher dimensions. J. Geom. 95, 69–72 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-009-0016-4

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