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HJB --- GMA --- UFF

X(1143)
(2ND MALFATTI-RABINOWITZ POINT)


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Information from Kimberling's Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers

Trilinears           csc A tan A/4 : csc B tan B/4 : csc C tan C/4
Barycentrics    tan A/4 : tan B/4 : tan C/4
                                 = f(a,b,c) : f(b,c,a) : f(c,a,b), where f(a,b,c) = (b + c - a)1/2[2b1/2c1/2 - (a + b + c)1/2(b + c - a)1/2]

Along each side of ABC there is a segment that is a common tangent to two of the three Malfatti circles of ABC. Let A', B', C' be the midpoints of these respective segments. Then triangle A'B'C' is perspective to ABC, and the perspector is X(1143). (Stanley Rabinowitz, #4611, 12/29/01) For coordinates, see Paul Yiu, #4615, 12/30/01, and

Milorad R. Stevanovic, "Triangle Centers Associated with the Malfatti Circles," Forum Geometricorum 3 (2003) 83-93.

X(1143) lies on these lines: 8,177    174,175    558,1488

X(1143) = isotomic conjugate of X(1274)

This is a joint work of
Humberto José Bortolossi, Lis Ingrid Roque Lopes Custódio and Suely Machado Meireles Dias.

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Departamento de Matemática Aplicada -- Instituto de Matemática -- Universidade Federal Fluminense



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