Questions tagged [triangles]
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Distance between point inside a triangle and its vertices [closed]
How to determine the distance between an arbitrary point inside a triangle and its vertices if side lengths are given. Is there any correlation between these distances or their sum and the lengths of ...
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Triangle angle bisectors, trisectors, quadrisectors, …
With the triangle
angle bisector theorem
and
Morley's trisector theorem
as background ,
are there any pretty theorems known for triangle $n$-sectors,
$n > 3$?
For example, angle quadrisectors?
The ...
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Please identify this triangle septic
Let $ABC$ a triangle in the plane, but $D$ a point in (R3) space, such that the angles $\phi=ADB=BDC=CDA$ are equal. Let $E$ be the footpoint of $D$ in $ABC$. $E(\phi)$ describes a (irreducible) ...
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On 4 random points in a rectangle [closed]
Given a bounded rectangular area, I generate 4 random points. What is the probability that the fourth point lie within a triangle formed the first 3?
How would I attack this problem? The goal is to ...
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Two queries on triangles, the sides of which have rational lengths
Let us define a "rational triangle" as one in the Euclidean plane, with lengths of all sides rational.
We are aware that a positive integer is called "congruent" only if it is the area of a right ...
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Hyperbolic Intercept (Thales) Theorem
Is there an Intercept theorem (from Thales, but don't mistake it with the Thales theorem in a circle) in hyperbolic geometry?
Euclidean Intercept Theorem:
Let S,A,B,C,D be 5 points, such that SA, SC, ...
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Infinity new equilateral triangles in one configuration of triangle plane
An equilateral triangle constructed from a reference triangle is a topic which is intersested by plane geometry lovers. See Napoleon equilateral triangle, Morley equilateral triangle....In this topic ...
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Some Problems On Apollonian Gasket
Since 2013, I found Some problems on Apollonian Gasket as following. These problem also is higher level of Eppstein Point. I am looking for a proof of one of these problems:
Let three $(A)$, $(B)$, $(...
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An new equilateral triangle related to the Morley triangle
Morley equilateral triangle is the nice theorem in Eulidean Geometry. I found an equilateral triangle and a group circle related to the Morley triangle and angle trisectors:
Let $ABC$ be a triangle ...
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Are these points known? [closed]
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $P$ be a point on the plane, $PA$, $PB$, $PC$ meet $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $A'$, $B'$, $C'$ respectively.
From my construction by GeoGebra, I found two special points as ...
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Why are the medians of a triangle concurrent? In absolute geometry
This fact holds true in absolute geometry, and I would like to see an elementary synthetic proof not using the classification of absolute planes (Euclidean and hyperbolic planes) and specific models. ...
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Do two new special points in any triangle exist?
There are some special points in any triangle, as Fermat point, symmedian point, incenter, Morley center, et cetera.
Let $P$ be a point on the plane, $PA$, $PB$, $PC$ meet $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $...
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Triangle Center from Weighted Perfect Matchings
let $\Delta$ be the triangle whose corners $A$, $B$, $C$ points in general position in Euclidean plane and, let $D$ be a fourth point inside $\Delta$.
Question:
what is known about the ...
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A generalization of the Sawayama-Thebault theorem
1. Introduction
The Sawayama-Thebault theorem is one of the best nice theorem in plane geometry. The theorem has a long history. It was published in AMM in 1938 the first solution appeared in 1973 ...
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Yiu's equilateral triangle-triplet points
In more than 2300 years since Euclid's Elements appear, there were only two equilateral triangles become famous: The Morely equilateral triangle and the Napoleon equilateral triangle. In more than ...
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