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In any hexagon (Fig.) circumscribed around a curve of the second order (a Brianchon hexagon) the straight lines connecting the opposite corners of the hexagon intersect at one point (Brianchon's point). This theorem is dual to the [[Pascal theorem|Pascal theorem]], and was demonstrated by Ch.J. Brianchon in 1806.

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