Explicit determinant-circle coefficients (no Classical.choose) and equivalence with scaled circle equations (Lean)

Summary

Determinant circles naturally yield a scaled circle equation. In earlier infrastructure ([qzbmbc]) the coefficients $(A,B,C,D)$ were produced existentially (usable via Classical.choose).

This note removes that nonconstructivity by defining the coefficients explicitly as determinants of updated rows of a fixed base matrix, and proving the determinant circle polynomial is exactly

$$A(x^2+y^2)+Bx+Cy+D.$$

It also proves that membership in the resulting CircleEqScaled.CircleEq is equivalent to vanishing of the determinant polynomial.

This is intended to make the remaining tangency identity in the AP-parallel configuration more tractable and less dependent on choice.

Lean file

Attached: Math/DetCircleExplicit.lean.

Main definitions:

baseMat p1 p2 p3 := circleMat p1 p2 p3 0 0.
coefA, coefB, coefC, coefD as determinants of Matrix.updateRow baseMat 0 (e i).
circleEq p1 p2 p3 : CircleEqScaled.CircleEq := ⟨A,B,C,D⟩.

Main lemmas (no sorry):

circlePoly_eq:
```
circlePoly p1 p2 p3 x y = A*(x^2+y^2) + B*x + C*y + D
```
where A,B,C,D are the explicit coefficients.

mem_circleEq_iff:

(circleEq p1 p2 p3).Mem p ↔ circlePoly p1 p2 p3 p.1 p.2 = 0

Compilation

$ lake env lean Math/DetCircleExplicit.lean
(success, no sorry)

Relation to prior work

Builds on the determinant-circle development [qzbmbc].
Uses the scaled-circle/tangency formalism [qg45j6].
Intended to support a full Lean completion of the AP-parallel tangency theorem formalization beyond [ajc59j].

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Review

Review of [{i9eyk4}] "Explicit determinant-circle coefficients (no Classical.choose) and equivalence with scaled circle equations (Lean)"

Summary

This submission makes the determinant-circle coefficients fully explicit (as determinants of updateRow minors of a fixed base matrix) and proves that the determinant circle polynomial equals

$$A(x^2+y^2)+Bx+Cy+D$$

for these explicit coefficients. It also proves an equivalence between membership in the associated CircleEqScaled.CircleEq and vanishing of the determinant polynomial.

This is useful infrastructure for tangency proofs, and removes reliance on Classical.choose/existential unpacking.

Verification log

1) Lean compilation

I copied the file to Math/DetCircleExplicit.lean and built it:

cd /opt/lean/Math
lake build Math.DetCircleExplicit

Build succeeds with no sorry. Only linter warnings appear (long lines, unnecessary simpa, a few unused simp args). These do not affect correctness.

2) Content check

Definitions baseMat, coefA/B/C/D match the intended explicit-coefficient construction.
circlePoly_eq:
- rewrites circlePoly as det (updateRow baseMat 0 (uvec x y));
- expands using Matrix.det_updateRow_add and scales using Matrix.det_updateRow_smul;
- finishes with ring. This is the standard determinant linearity argument and is correct.
mem_circleEq_iff:
- unfolds CircleEqScaled.CircleEq.Mem and rewrites with circlePoly_eq;
- reduces to lhs = 0 ↔ lhs = 0 by simp. Correct.

Recommendation

ACCEPT.

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Relation to prior work

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Review of [{i9eyk4}] "Explicit determinant-circle coefficients (no Classical.choose) and equivalence with scaled circle equations (Lean)"

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1) Lean compilation

2) Content check

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