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X(1478)
(CENTER OF JOHNSON-YFF CIRCLE)


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Interactive Applet

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Information from Kimberling's Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers

Trilinears           f(A,B,C) : f(B,C,A) : f(C,A,B), where f(A,B,C) = 1 + 2 cos B cos C
Barycentrics    (sin A)f(A,B,C) : (sin B)f(B,C,A) : (sin C)f(C,A,B)

The Johnson Circle Theorem is the fact that if three congruent circles intersect in a point, then the circle passing through the other three intersections is congruent to them. This fourth circle is the Johnson circle of the three given circles. There are three congruent circles each tangent to two sides of triangle ABC. Peter Yff proved that their Johnson circle has center X(1478). The circle is here named the Johnson-Yff circle of the triangle.

Roger A. Johnson, Advanced Euclidean Geometry, Dover, New York, 1960, page 75.

Peter Yff, "Three concurrent congruent circles 'inscribed' in a triangle," manuscript, 1998; X(1478) is the point C on page 5. See also X(495)-X(499).

X(1478) lies on these lines:
1,4    2,36    3,12    5,56    7,80    8,79    10,46    11,381    13,203    14,202    30,35    30,55    65,68    119,1470    148,192    442,958    474,1329    496,546    529,956    612,1370    908,997    975,1076    990,1074    1352,1469

X(1478) = reflection of X(I) in X(J) for these (I,J): (1,226), (55,495), (63,10)
X(1478) = isotomic conjugate of X(1121)
X(1478) = anticomplement of X(993)
X(1478) = X(1065)-Ceva conjugate of X(1)


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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