Dividing a circle into areas lines (there are two points on one side and one on the other). So the recurrence can be expressed as which can be easily reduced to using the sums of the first formula_3 natural numbers and the first formula_3 squares, this combines to Finally which yields The lemma asserts that the number of regions is maximal if all "inner" intersections of chords are simple (exactly two chords pass through each point of intersection in the interior). This will be the case if the points on the circle are chosen "in general position". Under this assumption of "generic intersection", the number
Brocard circle Brocard circle In geometry, the Brocard circle (or seven-point circle) for a triangle is a circle defined from a given triangle. It passes through the circumcenter and symmedian of the triangle, and is centered at the midpoint of the line segment joining them (so that this segment is a diameter). The two Brocard points lie on this circle, as do the vertices of the Brocard triangle. It is concentric with the first Lemoine circle. If the triangle is equilateral, the circumcenter and symmedian coincide and therefore the Brocard circle reduces to a single point. The Brocard circle is named for