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Trilinears sec A : sec B : sec C
= cos A - sin B sin C : cos B - sin C sin A : cos C - sin A sinB
= cos A - cos(B - C) : cos B - cos(C - A) : cos C - cos(A - B)
= sin B sin C - cos(B - C) : sin C sin A - cos(C - A) : sin A sin B - cos(A - B)Barycentrics tan A : tan B : tan C
X(4) is the point of concurrence of the altitudes of ABC.
X(4) and the vertices A,B,C comprise an orthocentric system, defined as a set of four points, one of which is the orthocenter of the triangle of the other three (so that each is the orthocenter of the other three). The incenter and excenters also form an orthocentric system. If ABC is acute, then X(4) is the incenter of the orthic triangle.
Suppose P is not on a sideline of ABC. Let A'B'C' be the cevian triangle of P. Let D,E,F be the circles having diameters AA', BB',CC'. The radical center of D,E,F is X(4). (Floor van Lamoen, Hyacinthos #214, Jan. 24, 2000.)
Ross Honsberger, Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry, Mathematical Association of America, 1995. Chapter 2: The Orthocenter.
X(4) lies on these lines:
1,33 2,3 6,53 7,273 8,72 9,10 11,56 12,55 13,61 14,62 15,17 16,18 32,98 35,498 36,499 37,1841 39,232 42,1860 46,90 48,1881 49,156 51,185 52,68 54,184 57,84 64,1853 65,158 67,338 69,76 74,107 78,908 79,1784 80,1825 83,182 93,562 94,143 96,231 99,114 100,119 101,118 102,124 103,116 109,117 110,113 111,1560 120,1292 121,1293 122,1294 123,1295 126,1296 127,1289 128,930 129,1303 130,1298 131,135 137,933 141,1350 145,149 147,148 150,152 155,254 162,270 165,1698 171,601 193,1351 195,399 204,1453 218,294 238,602 240,256 250,1553 252,1487 276,327 279,1565 371,485 372,486 390,495 394,1217 477,1304 487,489 488,490 496,999 512,879 523,1552 542,576 569,1179 572,1474 574,1506 575,598 579,1713 580,1714 590,1151 608,1518 615,1152 616,627 617,628 653,1156 774,1254 801,1092 842,935 937,1534 940,1396 941,1880 953,1309 1036,1065 1037,1067 1038,1076 1039,1096 1040,1074 1160,1162 1161,1163 1251,1832 1329,1376 1340,1348 1341,1349 1385,1538 1430,1468 1499,1550 1715,1730 1716,1721 1717,1718 1726,1782X(4) is the {X(3),X(5)}-harmonic conjugate of X(2).
X(4) = midpoint of X(I) and X(J) for these (I,J):
(3,382), (147,148), (149,153), (150,152)X(4) = reflection of X(I) in X(J) for these (I,J): (1,946), (2,381), (3,5), (5,546), (8,355), (20,3), (24,235), (25,1596), (40,10), (69,1352), (74,125), (98,115), (99,114), (100,119), (101,118), (102,124), (103,116), (104,11), (107,133), (109,117), (110,113), (112,132), (145,1482), (185,389), (186,403), (193,1351), (376,2), (378,427), (550,140), (925,131), (930,128), (944,1), (1113,1312), (1114,1313), (1141,137), (1292,120), (1293,121), (1294,122), (1295,123), (1296,126), (1297,127), (1298,130), (1299,135), (1300,136), (1303,129), (1350,141), (1593,1595)
X(4) = isogonal conjugate of X(3)
X(4) = isotomic conjugate of X(69)
X(4) = cyclocevian conjugate of X(2)
X(4) = inverse-in-circumcircle of X(186)
X(4) = inverse-in-nine-point-circle of X(403)
X(4) = complement of X(20)
X(4) = anticomplement of X(3)
X(4) = anticomplementary conjugate of X(20)
X(4) = eigencenter of cevian triangle of X(I) for I = 1, 88, 162
X(4) = eigencenter of anticevian triangle of X(I) for I = 1, 44, 513X(4) = X(I)-Ceva conjugate of X(J) for these (I,J):
(7,196), (27,19), (29,1), (92,281), (107,523), (264,2), (273,278), (275,6), (286,92), (393,459)X(4) = cevapoint of X(I) and X(J) for these (I,J):
(1,46), (2,193), (3,155), (5,52), (6,25), (11,513), (19,33), (30,113), (34,208), (37,209), (39,211), (51,53), (65,225), (114,511), (115,512), (116,514), (117,515), (118,516), (119,517), (120,518), (121,519), (122,520), (123,521), (124,522), (125,523), (126,524), (127,525), (185,235), (371,372), (487,488)X(4) = X(I)-cross conjugate of X(J) for these (I,J):
(3,254), (6,2), (19,278), (25,393), (33,281), (51,6), (52,24), (65,1), (113,403), (125,523), (185,3), (193,459), (225,158), (389,54), (397,17), (398,18), (407,225), (427,264), (512,112), (513,108), (523,107)X(4) = crosspoint of X(I) and X(J) for these (I,J): (2,253), (7,189), (27,286), (92,273)
X(4) = crosssum of X(I) and X(J) for these (I,J):
(4,1075), (6,154), (25,1033), (48,212), (55,198), (56,1035), (71,228), (184,577), (185,417), (216,418)X(4) = crossdifference of any two points on line X(520)X(647)
X(4) = X(I)-Hirst inverse of X(J) for these (I,J):
(1,243), (2,297), (3,350), (19,242), (21,425), (24,421), (25,419), (27,423), (28,422), (29,415), (420,427), (424,451), (459,460), (470,471), (1249,1503)X(4) = X(I)-aleph conjugate of X(J) for these (I,J): (1,1047), (29,4)
X(4) = X(I)-beth conjugate of X(J) for these (I,J):
(4,34), (8,40), (29,4), (162,56), (318,318), (811,331)