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Bretschneider's formula
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2026-10-14
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For
a
quadrilateral
with side
lengths
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
, semiperimeter
s
,
area
K
, and opposite
angles
A
,
C
,
K
2
=
(
s
−
a
)
(
s
−
b
)
(
s
−
c
)
(
s
−
d
)
−
ab
c
d
cos
2
2
A
+
C
.
(1)
The
second
term vanishes exactly when
A
+
C
=
π
, which is the cyclicity condition for
a
nondegenerate convex
quadrilateral
.
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