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An Extension of Feuerbach's and Luchterhand's Volume Relation

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We generalize a result of Feuerbach and Luchterhand from n+2 points on a sphere in Rn to any m≥ n+2 points on the sphere.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, lowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, U.S.A. e-mail

    Robert J. Gregorac

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Gregorac, R.J. An Extension of Feuerbach's and Luchterhand's Volume Relation. Geometriae Dedicata 73, 79–84 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005036727238

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